Synonyms for widespread
ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd

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1. widespread(adj)

   widely circulated or diffused

   "a widespread doctrine"; "widespread fear of nuclear war"

   Synonyms:
   far-flung

   Antonyms:
   specific, concentrated

2. far-flung, widespread(adj)

   distributed over a considerable extent

   "far-flung trading operations"; "the West's far-flung mountain ranges"; "widespread nuclear fallout"

   Synonyms:
   far-flung

   Antonyms:
   specific, concentrated

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1. widespread(adjective)

   Synonyms:
   extensive, pervasive, prevalent

   Antonyms:
   limited

2. widespread(adjective)

   Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent.

   Synonyms:
   extensive, pervasive, prevalent

   Antonyms:
   limited

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1. widespread(a)

   Synonyms:
   prevalent, extended, extensive

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1. List of paraphrases:

   generalized, generalised, pervasive, broad, prevalent, extensive, wide, large-scale, rife, wide-ranging, rampant, extended, ubiquitous, universal, general, broad-based, massive, common, across-the-board, wide-spread, widely, comprehensive, extensively, wide-range, wide-scale, endemic, vast, commonplace, prevailing

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How to use widespread in a sentence?

1. Amnesty International:

   The enforced disappearances carried out since 2011 by the Syrian government were perpetrated as part of an organized attack against the civilian population that has been widespread, as well as systematic.

2. James Lin:

   I think general awareness of the products and a little bit more of a widespread acceptance of it or just a willingness to talk about it have definitely helped to increase our market size.

3. Taylor West:

   A lot of the things marijuana is best at are conditions which become more of an issue as you get older, chronic pain, inflammation, insomnia, loss of appetite: All of those things are widespread among seniors.

4. Polly Neate:

   The club has a responsibility to look at who it is hiring in high-profile positions, and consider whether a convicted rapist, who continues to protest that he's done nothing wrong and whose case has attracted widespread victim-blaming language, is someone that they want to be representing their brand, it's important that high profile institutions take a stand about the seriousness of rape as a crime, and do not in any way condone the blaming of victims of rape, or participate in a culture which trivializes violence against women.

5. Joseph Nagy:

   What we would call November, or the early part of it, appears to have been the designated end-of-harvest and beginning-of-winter time among peoples who spoke or speak Irish Celtic languages -- primarily represented today by the Irish, the Scottish particularly of the Highlands and islands, the Welsh, and the Bretons -- but the Celtic languages were far more widespread throughout Europe in ancient times, in Irish, this time or, specifically, what we would call November 1, is known as Samhain, which probably means' end of summer,'.

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