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wide

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1 having a greater than usual measure across

the river is so wide that building a bridge across it would be impractical

Synonyms of wide

broad, fat, thick

Words Related to wide

expansive, extensive, sweeping

commodious, roomy, spacious

outsize (also outsized), oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy, voluminous

Near Antonyms of wide

fine, hairlike, reedlike

elongate (or elongated), needlelike

bottleneck, close, compressed, condensed, constricted, contracted, squeezed, tight, tightened

attenuate, attenuated

small, smallish, undersized (also undersize)

Antonyms of wide

hairline, narrow, paper-thin, skinny, slender, slim, slim-jim, thin

2 having considerable extent

a wide and detailed knowledge of the issue

Synonyms of wide

broad, deep, expansive, extended, extensive, far-flung, far-reaching, rangy, sweeping, wide-ranging, widespread

Words Related to wide

comprehensive, general, global, inclusive

boundless, endless, infinite, limitless, unlimited

capacious, commodious, roomy, spacious

Near Antonyms of wide

circumscribed, limited, restricted

Antonyms of wide

narrow

Synonym Discussion of wide

broad, wide, deep mean having horizontal extent. broad and wide apply to a surface measured or viewed from side to side.

- a broad avenue

wide is more common when units of measurement are mentioned

- rugs eight feet wide

or applied to unfilled space between limits.

- a wide doorway

broad is preferred when full horizontal extent is considered.

- broad shoulders

deep may indicate horizontal extent away from the observer or from a front or peripheral point.

- a deep cupboard
- deep woods

wide

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of wide

to a full extent or degree

the door was wide open

Synonyms of wide

all, all of, all over, altogether, clean, completely, dead, enough, entire, entirely, even, exactly, fast, flat, full, fully, heartily, out, perfectly, plumb [chiefly dialect], quite, soundly, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, well, wholly

Words Related to wide

absolutely, categorically, cold, downright, hands down, plain, stone, stone-cold, unqualifiedly

basically, by and large, chiefly, generally, largely, mainly, more or less, mostly, overall, predominantly, predominately, primarily, principally, substantially

abundantly, copiously, generously, greatly

Phrases Synonymous with wide

all the way, at length, down the line, down to the ground, for fair, in whole, to bits, to pieces, to the hilt, to the max

Near Antonyms of wide

barely, hardly, just, kind of, marginally, minimally, scarcely, slightly, superficially

approximately, roughly, somewhat

Antonyms of wide

half, halfway, incompletely, part, partially, partly

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