ubiquitous

Also u·biq·ui·tar·y

[yoo-bik-wi-tuhs]

adjective

1. existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent.

   ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.

ubiquitous

/ juːˈbɪkwɪtəs /

adjective

1. having or seeming to have the ability to be everywhere at once; omnipresent

Other Word Forms

• ubiquitously adverb
• ubiquitousness noun
• nonubiquitary adjective
• nonubiquitous adjective
• nonubiquitously adverb
• nonubiquitousness noun
• unubiquitous adjective
• unubiquitously adverb
• unubiquitousness noun
• ubiquity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ubiquitous¹

First recorded in 1830–40; ubiquit(y) + -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of ubiquitous¹

C14: from Latin ubīque everywhere, from ubī where

Synonym Study

See omnipresent.

Example Sentences

The race to develop wearable technology that could become as ubiquitous as smartphones is intensifying as AI assistants become increasingly integrated into people’s daily lives.

From Los Angeles Times

Once in Kerala, the film whizzes through a checklist of things a layperson might associate with the tourist-favourite state - its famous backwaters, the ubiquitous coconut trees, toddy, elephants, and Onam, its most popular festival.

From BBC

"But we did not find a single ubiquitous solution that would suit all use cases, nor did we find solutions that were guaranteed to be effective in all deployments," it said.

From BBC

Memory has reduced “Forrest Gump” to a few lines of dialogue and the ubiquitous meme of Tom Hanks “running like the wind” blows down the country road outside his home in Greenbow, Ala.

From Salon

But accurate news summaries of that plan, the “Mein Kampf” of the current Republican Party, were ubiquitous in the months before the election.

From Salon

Related Words

• everywhere 
• omnipresent 
• pervasive 
• universal