far and wide

adverb

variants or less commonly far and near

: in every direction : everywhere

searched far and wide

Synonyms of far and wide

• everywhere
• far and near
• all over the place
• in every corner
• high and low
• on all hands

Examples of far and wide in a Sentence

we searched far and wide for a surgeon who could perform that delicate operation

Recent Examples on the Web

All along, there was a small but mighty contingent of fans who would travel far and wide to watch their team play, at a time when the sport had little to no buy-in from mainstream Canadian culture. —Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 2 June 2026

The bass is like Godzilla approaching, rumbling glasses of water hundreds of miles away and activating stank faces far and wide. —Tatiana Lee Rodriguez, Pitchfork, 1 June 2026

Go Tropical Include heat-loving plants that hail from far and wide to create a globe-trotting garden. —Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 May 2026

Thursday night’s detonation of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket during a static-fire test produced a spectacular fireball over Florida, sending shards of the rocket flying far and wide, into the sea and across the coastal scrubland nearby. —Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for far and wide

• actinide
• aldehyde
• alkoxide
• alongside
• amplified
• arsenide
• beautified
• biocide
• bisulphide
• butoxide
• calcified
• ceramide