far and wide

adverb

variants or less commonly far and near

: in every direction : everywhere

searched far and wide

Synonyms

• all over
• everyplace
• everywhere
• high and low
• throughout

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

Other photographs and paintings illustrate the erotic Orientalist tropes that both tempted Europeans and reinforced their desire to enforce Western values far and wide. —Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 17 June 2025

The strategic implications of this war will be felt far and wide. —Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025

Each of those novels has taken readers far and wide: the Golden Age of Hollywood, the 1970s rock scene, the surf culture and Malibu community of the 1980s, the world of professional tennis. —Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 June 2025

Blockbuster: Caravaggio 2025, Palazzo Barberini Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio—known far and wide as Caravaggio—was quite the enfant terrible. —Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 10 June 2025

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
• butoxide
• calcified
• ceramide
• certified