wide-ranging

adjective

wide-rang·​ing ˈwīd-ˌrān-jiŋ 

: extensive in scope : comprehensive

wide-ranging interests

Synonyms of wide-ranging

• extensive
• broad
• wide
• sweeping
• comprehensive
• deep

Examples of wide-ranging in a Sentence

his wide-ranging business interests and real estate holdings make him one of the most powerful men in the state

Recent Examples on the Web

Amid a national debate about making changes to the health-care system, the House last month released two wide-ranging bills that include reducing some health-care regulations and trying to address prescription-drug costs. —Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026

Soft and Fresh Colors Hosts are embracing a wide-ranging palette that moves effortlessly between soft and moody, playful and grounded. —Colleen Sullivan, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2026

Both paths risk armed conflict of varying severity, with wide-ranging consequences for the country’s future stability. —Rebecca Hanson, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026

Gibson builds on her own earlier wide-ranging history of the Caribbean, Empire’s Crossroads (2014), and Hazareesingh branches out from Black Spartacus (2020), his biography of Toussaint Louverture, a leader of the Haitian Revolution. —Laurent Dubois, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1707, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wide-ranging

• interchanging
• rearranging
• arranging
• exchanging
• unchanging
• changing
• ranging