Entry Word: wide

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having a greater than usual measure across <the river was so wide that it was impossible to cross it in less than a day>

Synonyms broad, fat, thick

Related Words expansive, extensive; commodious, roomy, spacious

Near Antonyms fine, hairlike; elongated; needlelike; close, compressed, condensed, constricted, contracted, squeezed, tight, tightened

Antonyms narrow, skinny, slender, slim, thin

2 having considerable extent <a wide and detailed knowledge of the issue> — see extensive