Synonyms for wide
waɪdwide

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1. wideadverb

   Antonyms:
   skinny, narrow, thin

2. 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.

   Antonyms:
   narrow, skinny, thin

3. wideadverb

   Large in scope.

   The inquiry had a wide remit.

   Antonyms:
   narrow, skinny, thin

4. wideadjective

   Operating at the side of the playing area.

   That team needs a decent wide player.

   Antonyms:
   skinny, thin, narrow

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. 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, vast

   Antonyms:
   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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. wide

   Synonyms:
   broad, ample, expanded, large, extensive, spacious, distant, remote

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 4 votes

1. 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-eyed

   Antonyms:
   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, meagre

2. across-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, noncomprehensive

3. wide-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-eyed

   Antonyms:
   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, narrowed

4. broad, 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, unsubtle

   Antonyms:
   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), straplike

5. wideadjective

   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-encompassing

   Antonyms:
   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, tapering

6. wide, 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-eyed

   Antonyms:
   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, narrowed

7. wide, 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-encompassing

   Antonyms:
   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, closed

8. wideadverb

   with or by a broad space

   "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end"

   Synonyms:
   widely, astray

   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, tapering

9. wideadverb

   to the fullest extent possible

   "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open"

   Synonyms:
   widely, astray

   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, noncomprehensive

10. wide, astrayadverb

    far from the intended target

    "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander"

    Synonyms:
    widely, astray

    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, thin

11. wide, widelyadverb

    to or over a great extent or range; far

    "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely"

    Synonyms:
    widely, astray

    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 ContributionRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. spaceful

   it is the same as spaceful

   this bottle is wide

   Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wideadjective

   Synonyms:
   broad

2. wideadjective

   Synonyms:
   spacious, vast, large, ample, extensive, expanded

3. wideadjective

   Synonyms:
   remote, distant

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1. wideadjective

   Synonyms:
   broad, extensive, vast, comprehensive

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1. 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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1. Alan Cameron:

   (President Muhammadu) Buhari is on a wide-ranging anti-corruption drive and no one has been spared from it. So it's not a huge surprise, and the extent to which people have been negative on these banks for plenty of other reasons, including the oil price - it's already reflected in the valuations you see.

2. Kelly Townsend:

   They came into our state, they were given a wide birth without a lot of regulation to operate and to test and the regulations were to come later, for this technology and the bill that I put forward, I wanted to have basic safety regulations, common sense regulations, so that something like this wouldn’t happen.

3. Emily Jashinsky:

   Where the anxieties of the working class and Baby Boomers were channeled into Trump, the anxieties of the left were channeled into a furious, culture-wide censorship campaign (against the Common Good). (Our Parents)

4. Confucius:

   By nature, men are nearly alike by practice, they get to be wide apart.

5. David Ibsen:

   Americans in Al-Shabaab fill a variety of different positions, whether it's recruiting, leadership, commandos, suicide bombers, so the opportunity is there to engage in extensive jihad operations. As with other terrorist groups, Al Shabaab uses the Internet to sell its lifestyle online. That gives it a wide reach that extends well beyond the Somali enclave in Minnesota.