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wide

• (a) having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
  • wide roads
  • a wide necktie
  • wide margins
  • three feet wide
  • a river two miles broad
  • broad shoulders
  • a broad river
  broad,
• (r) with or by a broad space
  • stand with legs wide apart
  • ran wide around left end
• (s) broad in scope or content
  • across-the-board pay increases
  • an all-embracing definition
  • blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
  • an invention with broad applications
  • "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner
  • granted him wide powers
  across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, encompassing, broad, extensive, panoptic,
• (r) to the fullest extent possible
  • open your eyes wide
  • with the throttle wide open
• (s) (used of eyes) fully open or extended
  • stared with wide eyes
  wide-eyed,
• (r) far from the intended target
  • the arrow went wide of the mark
  • a bullet went astray and killed a bystander
  astray,
• (r) to or over a great extent or range; far
  • wandered wide through many lands
  • he traveled widely
  widely,
• (s) very large in expanse or scope
  • a broad lawn
  • the wide plains
  • a spacious view
  • spacious skies
  spacious, broad,
• (a) great in degree
  • won by a wide margin
• (s) having ample fabric
  • the current taste for wide trousers
  • a full skirt
  wide-cut, full,
• (s) not on target
  • the kick was wide
  • the arrow was wide of the mark
  • a claim that was wide of the truth
  wide of the mark,

Synonyms

broad across-the-board all-embracing all-encompassing all-inclusive blanket encompassing extensive panoptic wide-eyed astray widely spacious wide-cut full wide of the mark

Antonyms

narrow

See also

comprehensive thick

Words of close approximity