SPRAWLING Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

sprawling

verb

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present participle of sprawl

as in extending

to extend outwards from or as if from a central point The suburbs sprawl for miles beyond the city's downtown.

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as in sitting

to rest with the arms and legs spread out There's no feeling like sprawling out on your bed after a hard day's work.

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Recent Examples of sprawling Food and drink All-day restaurant Pure serves up a sprawling breakfast buffet complete with omelette and pancake stations, heaving tropical fruit platters, and baked goods galore, including Polynesian treats like coconut bread. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026 The match was played at Kidderminster’s tiny Aggborough Stadium and not at West Ham’s sprawling one in London, where the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics had been held. —

Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 Tennessee lawmakers gutted a majority Black district by splitting greater Memphis into three different sprawling districts — itself an obvious racial gerrymander the court had previously forbidden, Evans said. —

CBS News, 17 May 2026 Maduko was the odds-on favorite to become the chancellor of the sprawling system at a salary chugging toward a half million dollars a year. —

Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026 The sprawling estate — with six bedrooms, nine bathrooms — is on the market for just under $5 million. —

David Caraccio may 16, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026 One tall form is the Maximilian sunflower — growing to eight feet or higher — and a lower-growing sprawling beach sunflower. —

Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026 The sprawling property has 31 rooms in the main building, plus 11 bungalows and eight barnlike cabins. —

Priyanka Mattoo, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026 In Harris’ absence, the sprawling field of candidates has been a good and healthy thing, yielding the most competitive California gubernatorial contest in a quarter century. —

Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026

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Speculators had been maintaining a net short position that set records for both its depth (in data for futures and options extending back to the 2006, a low near 90,000 contracts was set in October) and duration (net short positions started in April 2024 and ended March 2026).

— SJ Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
Over the last five years, there has been a significant shift in how fashion and sports intersect, both on and off the court, with athletes’ influence extending beyond the court and into culture at large.

— Darian Symoné Harvin, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026