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English adjective: wide | |||
| 1. | wide having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other | ||
| Samples | Wide roads. A wide necktie. Wide margins. Three feet wide. A river two miles broad. Broad shoulders. A broad river. | ||
| Synonyms | broad | ||
| Similar | beamy, bird's-eye, broad-brimmed, deep, fanlike, panoramic, sweeping, wide-screen | ||
| See also | comprehensive, thick | ||
| Attribute | breadth, width | ||
| Antonyms | narrow | ||
| 2. | wide broad in scope or content | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic | ||
| Similar | comprehensive | ||
| Antonyms | incomprehensive, noncomprehensive | ||
| 3. | wide (used of eyes) fully open or extended | ||
| Samples | Stared with wide eyes. | ||
| Synonyms | wide-eyed | ||
| Similar | open, opened | ||
| Antonyms | shut, closed | ||
| 4. | wide very large in expanse or scope | ||
| Samples | A broad lawn. The wide plains. A spacious view. Spacious skies. | ||
| Synonyms | broad, spacious | ||
| Similar | big, large | ||
| Antonyms | little, small | ||
| 5. | wide great in degree | ||
| Samples | Won by a wide margin. | ||
| Similar | comfortable | ||
| Antonyms | narrow | ||
| 6. | wide having ample fabric | ||
| Samples | The current taste for wide trousers. A full skirt. | ||
| Synonyms | full, wide-cut | ||
| Similar | ample | ||
| Antonyms | meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy | ||
| 7. | wide not on target | ||
| Samples | The kick was wide. The arrow was wide of the mark. A claim that was wide of the truth. | ||
| Synonyms | wide of the mark | ||
| Similar | inaccurate | ||
| Antonyms | accurate | ||
English adverb: wide | |||
| 1. | wide with or by a broad space | ||
| Samples | Stand with legs wide apart. Ran wide around left end. | ||
| 2. | wide to the fullest extent possible | ||
| Samples | Open your eyes wide. With the throttle wide open. | ||
| 3. | wide far from the intended target | ||
| Samples | The arrow went wide of the mark. A bullet went astray and killed a bystander. | ||
| Synonyms | astray | ||
| 4. | wide to or over a great extent or range; far | ||
| Samples | Wandered wide through many lands. He traveled widely. | ||
| Synonyms | widely | ||
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