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wide

adjective

1 wide

Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other:
— Wide roads.
— A wide necktie.
— Wide margins.
— Three feet wide.

synonym: broad.

Roget 202: broad, wide, ample, extended; discous; fanlike; outspread, outstretched; wide as a church-door" [Romeo and Juliet]; latifoliate, latifolous.    thick, ... show more

2 wide

Broad in scope or content:
— Granted him wide powers.

synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic.

3 wide

used of eyes Fully open or extended:
— Stared with wide eyes.

synonym: wide-eyed.

4 wide

Very large in expanse or scope:
— The wide plains.

synonyms: broad, spacious.

Polish: szeroki

5 wide

Great in degree.

6 wide

Having ample fabric:
— The current taste for wide trousers.

synonyms: full, wide-cut.

7 wide

Not on target:
— The kick was wide.
— The arrow was wide of the mark.
— A claim that was wide of the truth.

synonym: wide of the mark.

adverb

1 wide

With or by a broad space.

2 wide

To the fullest extent possible.

3 wide

Far from the intended target:
— The arrow went wide of the mark.

synonym: astray.

4 wide

To or over a great extent or range; far:
— Wandered wide through many lands.
— He traveled widely.

synonym: widely.


Moby thesaurus: aberrant, abroad, abstract, accented, adrift, advanced, afield, all abroad, all off, all wrong, alveolar, amiss, ample, amplitudinous, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, articulated, askew, assimilated ... show more.

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