ubiquitous

American  

[yoo-bik-wi-tuhs] / yuˈbɪk wɪ təs /

Also ubiquitary

adjective

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

   ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.

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ubiquitous British  

/ juːˈbɪkwɪtəs /

adjective

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

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Related Words

See omnipresent.

Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of ubiquitous

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

Example Sentences

Starting in the late 2000s, the company ran a nearly ubiquitous series of television commercials touting the potential to produce a biofuel from algae that could one day fuel “trucks, buses, boats, cars, even airplanes.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But have no doubt AI will be ubiquitous in entertainment’s future.

From The Wall Street Journal

But I think the themes are pretty ubiquitous, you know.

From BBC

If you’re going to hold on to bedside alarm clocks in a world of ubiquitous smartphones, make them clocks that automatically reset between nights or guests.

From The Wall Street Journal

Though advertisements for banks and other financial institutions are ubiquitous, they rarely mention money itself.

From Salon

Related Words

• everywhere
• omnipresent
• pervasive
• universal