Word Information
Wide
- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL)
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
- Words with Friends
Definitions for Wide
adjective
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
Synonyms
Examples
- wide roads
- a wide necktie
- wide margins
- three feet wide
- a river two miles broad
- broad shoulders
- a broad river
adjective
broad in scope or content
Synonyms
across-the-board
all-embracing
all-encompassing
all-inclusive
blanket(a)
broad
encompassing
extensive
panoptic
Examples
- 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
adjective
(used of eyes) fully open or extended
Synonyms
wide-eyed
Examples
- stared with wide eyes
adjective
very large in expanse or scope
Synonyms
Examples
- a broad lawn
- the wide plains
- a spacious view
- spacious skies
adjective
great in degree
Examples
- won by a wide margin
adjective
having ample fabric
Synonyms
wide-cut
full
Examples
- the current taste for wide trousers
- a full skirt
adjective
not on target
Synonyms
wide of the mark
Examples
- the kick was wide
- the arrow was wide of the mark
- a claim that was wide of the truth
adverb
with or by a broad space
Examples
- stand with legs wide apart
- ran wide around left end
adverb
to the fullest extent possible
Examples
- open your eyes wide
- with the throttle wide open
adverb
far from the intended target
Synonyms
Examples
- the arrow went wide of the mark
- a bullet went astray and killed a bystander
adverb
to or over a great extent or range
Synonyms
Examples
- far
- wandered wide through many lands
- he traveled widely
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