wide

Adjective
  1. Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other (synset 302571278)
    "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"
    also:
    • comprehensive - including all or everything
    • thick - not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
    tells us about: breadth, width - the extent of something from side to side
    similar to:
    • beamy - broad in the beam
    • bird's-eye, panoramic - as from an altitude or distance
    • broad-brimmed - (of hats) having a broad brim
    • deep - extending relatively far inward
    • fanlike - resembling a fan
    • sweeping - taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination
    • wide-screen - (motion pictures) projected on a screen with much greater width than height
    same as: broad
  2. Broad in scope or content (synset 300528239)
    "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"; "granted him wide powers"
    similar to: comprehensive - including all or everything
    same as: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic
  3. (used of eyes) fully open or extended (synset 301659326)
    "stared with wide eyes"
    similar to: open, opened - used of mouth or eyes
    same as: wide-eyed
  4. Very large in expanse or scope (synset 301387146)
    "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
    similar to: big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
    same as: broad, spacious
  5. Great in degree (synset 302573798)
    "won by a wide margin"
    similar to: comfortable - more than adequate
  6. Having ample fabric (synset 300107089)
    "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt"
    similar to: ample - more than enough in size or scope or capacity
    same as: full, wide-cut
  7. Not on target (synset 300024282)
    "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth"
    similar to: inaccurate - not accurate
    same as: wide of the mark
Adverb
  1. With or by a broad space (synset 400497941)
    "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end"
  2. To the fullest extent possible (synset 400498208)
    "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open"
  3. Far from the intended target (synset 400498056)
    "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander"
    same as: astray
  4. To or over a great extent or range;
    Far (synset 400497722)
    "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely"
    same as: widely

Other Searches