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breadth

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of breadth

1 a wide space or area

a great breadth of land awaited those who were brave and hardy enough to settle it

Synonyms of breadth

distance, expanse, expansion, extent, field, length, plain, reach, sheet, spread, stretch, waste

Words Related to breadth

domain, sphere, territory

compass, range, scope, sweep

gamut, scale, spectrum

depth, emptiness, void

extension, latitude, span

amplitude, immensity, magnitude

2 an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends

the breadth of his knowledge on the subject is awesome

Synonyms of breadth

ambit, amplitude, compass, confines, dimension(s), extent, range, reach, realm, scope, sweep, width

Words Related to breadth

gamut, spectrum, spread

bailiwick, circle, demesne, department, discipline, domain, element, fief, fiefdom, field, province, region, specialty, sphere, terrain

horizon, panorama

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