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Synonyms for wide
waɪdwide
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word wide.
Wiktionary
wideadverb
wideadverb
A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score
We walked down a wide corridor.
wideadverb
Large in scope.
The inquiry had a wide remit.
wideadjective
Operating at the side of the playing area.
That team needs a decent wide player.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
wide
Large denotes extension in more than one direction, and beyond the average of the class to which the object belongs; we speak of a large surface or a large solid, but of a long line; a large field, a large room, a large apple, etc. A large man is a man of more than ordinary size; a great man is a man of remarkable mental power. Big is a more emphatic word than large, but of less dignity. We do not say that George Washington was a big man.
Synonyms:
abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, colossal, commodious, considerable, enormous, extensive, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, vastAntonyms:
brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
wide, broadadjective
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
"wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"
Synonyms:
unsubtle, full, full(a), panoptic, all-encompassing, extensive, all-inclusive, unspecific, spacious, broad(a), encompassing, broad, wide of the mark, all-embracing, across-the-board, tolerant, liberal, large-minded, wide-cut, blanket(a), wide-eyedAntonyms:
constricting, meager, narrowing, thin, small, strait, accurate, marginal, slender, little, constrictive, tapering, meagerly, shut, straplike, narrowed, narrow, noncomprehensive, tapered, closed, incomprehensive, scrimpy, narrow-mouthed, bare(a), stingy, meagreacross-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wideadjective
broad in scope or content
"across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"
Antonyms:
little, narrowed, narrow, constrictive, narrowing, closed, constricting, accurate, slender, tapered, meagre, bare(a), shut, meagerly, small, meager, incomprehensive, marginal, scrimpy, narrow-mouthed, straplike, thin, strait, tapering, stingy, noncomprehensivewide-eyed, wideadjective
(used of eyes) fully open or extended
"stared with wide eyes"
Synonyms:
broad, full, extensive, panoptic, all-encompassing, simple, all-inclusive, dewy-eyed, round-eyed, spacious, encompassing, blanket(a), wide of the mark, all-embracing, across-the-board, childlike, wide-cut, wide-eyedAntonyms:
scrimpy, tapering, stingy, meagre, narrow-mouthed, marginal, thin, small, straplike, bare(a), little, tapered, closed, narrowing, strait, meager, shut, narrow, constrictive, constricting, noncomprehensive, slender, incomprehensive, accurate, meagerly, narrowedbroad, spacious, wideadjective
very large in expanse or scope
"a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
Synonyms:
broad, full, full(a), panoptic, all-encompassing, extensive, roomy, all-inclusive, wide-eyed, unspecific, spacious, broad(a), encompassing, blanket(a), wide of the mark, all-embracing, across-the-board, tolerant, liberal, large-minded, wide-cut, unsubtleAntonyms:
narrow, little, marginal, constrictive, meagerly, strait, scrimpy, shut, tapered, small, noncomprehensive, narrowing, constricting, meagre, narrowed, narrow-mouthed, closed, slender, meager, incomprehensive, tapering, thin, accurate, stingy, bare(a), straplikewideadjective
great in degree
"won by a wide margin"
Synonyms:
wide-eyed, across-the-board, extensive, wide of the mark, full, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, spacious, all-embracing, panoptic, all-inclusive, wide-cut, all-encompassingAntonyms:
narrowing, narrow, strait, shut, marginal, straplike, accurate, small, narrow-mouthed, closed, constricting, little, meagre, narrowed, noncomprehensive, slender, incomprehensive, thin, bare(a), scrimpy, meager, tapered, stingy, meagerly, constrictive, taperingwide, wide-cut, fulladjective
having ample fabric
"the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt"
Synonyms:
good, entire, full, full(a), panoptic, all-encompassing, extensive, all-inclusive, replete(p), spacious, broad(a), encompassing, broad, wide of the mark, all-embracing, across-the-board, total, wide-cut, blanket(a), wide-eyedAntonyms:
narrow, slender, straplike, small, meagre, constrictive, meager, meagerly, marginal, shut, bare(a), incomprehensive, accurate, little, narrowing, stingy, noncomprehensive, narrow-mouthed, strait, tapered, tapering, closed, constricting, scrimpy, thin, narrowedwide, wide of the markadverb
not on target
"the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth"
Synonyms:
wide-eyed, across-the-board, extensive, wide of the mark, full, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, spacious, all-embracing, panoptic, all-inclusive, wide-cut, all-encompassingAntonyms:
tapered, tapering, meager, small, narrow-mouthed, slender, strait, thin, scrimpy, meagre, constrictive, constricting, narrowing, noncomprehensive, meagerly, narrow, little, narrowed, bare(a), accurate, shut, incomprehensive, stingy, straplike, marginal, closedwideadverb
with or by a broad space
"stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end"
Antonyms:
narrowing, stingy, meagerly, constricting, narrowed, narrow-mouthed, constrictive, accurate, meager, bare(a), small, scrimpy, incomprehensive, strait, shut, little, marginal, tapered, narrow, slender, thin, meagre, closed, noncomprehensive, straplike, taperingwideadverb
to the fullest extent possible
"open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open"
Antonyms:
incomprehensive, strait, constrictive, small, marginal, narrowing, meagerly, thin, shut, little, narrow, tapering, slender, straplike, scrimpy, stingy, tapered, constricting, accurate, narrow-mouthed, meager, closed, bare(a), meagre, narrowed, noncomprehensivewide, astrayadverb
far from the intended target
"the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander"
Antonyms:
shut, tapered, noncomprehensive, scrimpy, closed, narrowing, straplike, meagre, slender, constricting, incomprehensive, narrow, stingy, meager, narrow-mouthed, tapering, meagerly, marginal, little, accurate, bare(a), narrowed, constrictive, strait, small, thinwide, widelyadverb
to or over a great extent or range; far
"wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely"
Antonyms:
stingy, accurate, narrow-mouthed, small, narrow, narrowing, slender, scrimpy, constricting, meagre, meager, strait, noncomprehensive, meagerly, straplike, narrowed, incomprehensive, constrictive, marginal, tapered, little, closed, bare(a), tapering, shut, thin
Editors Contribution
spaceful
it is the same as spaceful
this bottle is wide
Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
wideadjective
Synonyms:
broad, extensive, vast, comprehensive
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "wide":
broad, width, extensive, large, vast, comprehensive, wide-ranging, widespread, great, widely, widescreen, broad-based, large-scale, big, brett, broadly, wide-range, grand, wide-scale, extensively, major, huge, kwong, grande, ample, massive, scale, widths, considerable, wide-angle, very, far-reaching
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#155 | good | |
#174 | very | |
#196 | full | |
#209 | great | |
#264 | long | |
#315 | total | |
#330 | big | |
#462 | large | |
#638 | major | |
#917 | wide | |
#933 | simple | |
#1133 | huge | |
#1450 | grand | |
#1462 | entire | |
#1639 | remote | |
#1777 | scale | |
#2154 | comprehensive | |
#3060 | width | |
#3482 | extensive | |
#3516 | broad | |
#3754 | massive | |
#4110 | liberal | |
#4832 | expanded | |
#5015 | widely | |
#5438 | vast | |
#5953 | considerable | |
#6995 | widescreen | |
#8005 | grande | |
#8121 | enormous | |
#8689 | widespread | |
#9085 | distant | |
#10335 | spacious | |
#10526 | brett | |
#12544 | extensively | |
#12717 | abundant | |
#13357 | ample | |
#13980 | broadly | |
#14475 | coarse | |
#15908 | immense | |
#16667 | gigantic | |
#16820 | tolerant | |
#22281 | encompassing | |
#22576 | widths | |
#23873 | bulky | |
#27383 | colossal | |
#35746 | astray | |
#36423 | roomy | |
#57749 | kwong | |
#57800 | childlike | |
#108253 | capacious | |
#136654 | unspecific | |
#140430 | commodious | |
#150634 | panoptic | |
#218450 | unsubtle |
How to use wide in a sentence?
While a slight decrease in rhino poaching in South Africa was apparent in 2015, and perhaps the authorities are having some impact on the ground, these numbers are hardly cause for celebration or complacency, the figures remain unacceptably high and continent-wide the scale of the rhino poaching crisis is spreading.
We're trying to or exploring a number of different options for offering Netflix in China, until you get the wide range of government permissions that you need, you don't know until you've gotten them.
I am putting my arms out wide, my big arms, hugging Sonya, wrapping my arms around her, i want her to know, I love her, I support her and I’m praying for her. I can’t wait to hug her when she gets out of the hospital.
The gap remains wide.
I am confident that the Postal Service's performance will continue to improve overall, and that it will ultimately exceed our prior service performance levels, this is an organization-wide commitment.
Translations for wide
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- wye, breedAfrikaans
- واسع, عريض, رحبArabic
- genişAzerbaijani
- киң, иркенBashkir
- шырокіBelarusian
- широкBulgarian
- প্রশস্তBengali
- ledanBreton
- ampleCatalan, Valencian
- široký, širokoCzech
- широкъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- llydanWelsh
- bred, vidDanish
- weit, breitGerman
- ευρύς, ευρείαGreek
- larĝaEsperanto
- lateral, ancha, amplia, ancho, amplioSpanish
- laiEstonian
- وسیع, فراخ, پهن, گستردهPersian
- ohi, leveä, laajasti, täysin, laajaFinnish
- largeFrench
- breed, wiidWestern Frisian
- fairsing, leathanIrish
- farsaing, leathann, a leudScottish Gaelic
- largo, anchoGalician
- רחבHebrew
- चौड़ाHindi
- szélesHungarian
- լայնArmenian
- larjaIdo
- breiður, víðurIcelandic
- largo, ampioItalian
- 幅広い, 広いJapanese
- ვრცელიGeorgian
- кеңKazakh
- ល្ហKhmer
- 넓은, 넓다Korean
- pan, pehn, پان, fire, berfireKurdish
- ledanCornish
- кеңKyrgyz
- latusLatin
- ກວ້າງLao
- platusLithuanian
- platsLatvian
- широкMacedonian
- өргөнMongolian
- lebarMalay
- wiesgħaMaltese
- ကျယ်Burmese
- wijd, breedDutch
- vidt, bredt, bred, vidNorwegian
- hóteelNavajo, Navaho
- largOccitan
- szerokiPolish
- largo, amploPortuguese
- lartgRomansh
- lat, largRomanian
- широкийRussian
- lalguSardinian
- šìrok, шѝрокSerbo-Croatian
- širokýSlovak
- širokSlovene
- gjerëAlbanian
- bred, vidSwedish
- panaSwahili
- వెడల్పైనTelugu
- васеъTajik
- กว้างใหญ่, กว้างThai
- giňTurkmen
- geniş, vasiTurkish
- широкийUkrainian
- چوڑاUrdu
- kengUzbek
- rộngVietnamese
- vidikVolapük
- lådjeWalloon
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