Wide — synonyms, wide antonyms, definition

1. wide (a)

all-inclusive ample broad bulky capacious commodious comprehensive extended extensive far-reaching fat great inclusive indiscriminate large massive roomy solid spacious sweeping • • •

2. wide (Adjective)

across-the-board all-embracing all-encompassing blanket encompassing full panoptic wide of the mark wide-cut wide-eyed narrow

wide (Adjective) — Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other. ex. "wide roads" ex. "a wide necktie" ex. "wide margins" ex. "three feet wide"

wide (Adjective) — Broad in scope or content. ex. "granted him wide powers"

wide (Adjective) — (used of eyes) fully open or extended. ex. "stared with wide eyes"

wide (Adjective) — Very large in expanse or scope. ex. "the wide plains"

wide (Adjective) — Great in degree. ex. "won by a wide margin"

wide (Adjective) — Having ample fabric. ex. "the current taste for wide trousers"

wide (Adjective) — Not on target. ex. "the kick was wide" ex. "the arrow was wide of the mark" ex. "a claim that was wide of the truth"

breadth width

3. wide (Noun)

wide (Noun) — (cricket) a ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable.

4. wide (Adverb)

astray widely

wide (Adverb) — With or by a broad space. ex. "stand with legs wide apart" ex. "ran wide around left end"

wide (Adverb) — To the fullest extent possible. ex. "open your eyes wide" ex. "with the throttle wide open"

wide (Adverb) — Far from the intended target. ex. "the arrow went wide of the mark"

wide (Adverb) — To or over a great extent or range; far. ex. "wandered wide through many lands"