Ubiquitous: meaning, example and synonyms
Ubiquitousadj. Present, appearing, or found everywhere.
Example
Smartphones have become so ubiquitous that researchers now struggle to find a control group of teenagers who don't use them.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Synonyms
- omnipresent, pervasive, universal, widespread
- Antonyms
- rare, scarce, uncommon, limited
- Memory tip
- Latin ubique = "everywhere".
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Check yourself: Ubiquitous in context
Plastic has become so ______ that researchers have found tiny fragments of it in deep-sea trenches and in mountain snow.
Answer: ubiquitous. Finding plastic in both the deep sea and mountain snow shows it is everywhere. The other choices don't mean found everywhere.
Once a rare luxury, by the 1950s the radio had become ______ in American homes, sitting in kitchens, living rooms and even cars.
Answer: ubiquitous. A device in kitchens, living rooms and cars is present everywhere. Defunct would mean no longer working, the opposite of the passage.