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

The martini comes flavored with pikliz, the ubiquitous spicy Haitian pickle condiment.

From The Wall Street Journal

No one disputes that these mostly invisible pieces of plastic are ubiquitous throughout the environment -- they have been found everywhere from the tops of mountains to the bottom of oceans.

From Barron's

Starbucks isn’t as ubiquitous as it once was: The chain runs around 10,000 U.S. locations, about 400 fewer than it did last summer, company figures show.

From The Wall Street Journal

One thing that jumps out watching the concert footage is the lack of cell phones, how the ubiquitous screens that one sees nowadays in the audience at shows did not yet exist.

From Los Angeles Times

Though certainly not on the same wavelength, the now ubiquitous phenomenon that is “KPop Demon Hunters” suffered a similar fate at first.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• everywhere
• omnipresent
• pervasive
• universal