breadths

noun

plural of breadth
1
as in expanses
a wide space or area a great breadth of land awaited those who were brave and hardy enough to settle it

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
2
as in scopes
an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends the breadth of his knowledge on the subject is awesome

Synonyms & Similar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for breadths
  1. expanses
  2. scopes
  3. expansions
  4. realms
  5. lengths
  6. extents
  7. stretches
  8. widths
Noun
  • The property makes the most of its secluded setting, where guests get to explore the wide expanses of desert and winding riverbeds without encountering other safari vehicles.
    — Rebekah Peppler, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2026
  • Buildings covering huge expanses house thousands of constantly running computer servers.
    — Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 14 July 2026
Definition of expanses
Noun
  • As marketing departments respond to these market changes, procurement executives’ scopes are evolving in parallel.
    — Michelle Douglas, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Avian scopes are typically below 20, and so are the scopes for fishes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Definition of scopes
Noun
  • Six game releases, from 2004 to 2021, have been released as part of the franchise, with an additional seven spinoffs and expansions.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 July 2026
  • The pipeline is estimated to have a total design capacity of 7 million barrels per day, following some recent expansions.
    — Lee Ying Shan,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Definition of expansions
Noun
  • These include rituals related to cosmic realms, guidance for navigating the challenges of daily life and even the worship of powerful deities.
    — Michael Naparstek, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
  • All three have released solo albums that further expand their palettes, moving into ambient (Vida), experimental (Stardrum), and singer/songwriter (Epstein) realms.
    — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 3 July 2026
Definition of realms
Noun
  • Some school pocket charts have long horizontal pockets that hold several different lengths of cards, while other charts include grid-like pockets that look like the sleeves to show off baseball cards.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 21 July 2026
  • Beyond fit, high-rise waists, cropped lengths, and streamlined silhouettes can also create a longer, more balanced look.
    — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 21 July 2026
Definition of lengths
Noun
  • Among the concert recordings are three full concerts being released for the very first time and several more full recordings of shows that have been excerpted, to varying extents, for past releases.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • Hunt, Avantika, and Angus are especially good as overgrown kids trying, to varying extents, to hide their softness beneath ambition.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 1 June 2026
Definition of extents
Noun
  • While Old Petty has shorter stretches along the water, the routing brings players through gently rolling terrain along a tidal estuary with sweeping coastline views.
    — Zach Schenfisch, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Scaloni’s side have laboured through long stretches of games only to come alive late on, with 12 of their 19 goals arriving after the 75th minute of normal time.
    — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of stretches
Noun
  • These sneakers come in 10 bold colors and sizes 5–12 with half sizes, wide, and extra-wide widths available.
    — Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026
  • Accessibility All areas of the hotel are accessible by wheelchair, with compliant door widths.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026
Definition of widths
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

breadth
breadths
break
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Breadths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadths. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on breadths

Nglish: Translation of breadths for Spanish Speakers

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of maverick

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Do you 'say your piece' or 'say your peace'?

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

The Longest Long Words List

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

Why do we say 'fly off the handle'?
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
thumbnail graphic with text word of the day quiz
Weekly "Word of the Day" Quiz See how well you know each Word of the Day for Ju...
See All