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Overview of adj wide The adj wide has 8 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (45) wide, broad -- (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") 2. (13) across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide -- (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") 3. (4) round-eyed, wide-eyed, wide -- ((used of eyes) fully open or extended; "listened in round-eyed wonder"; "stared with wide eyes") 4. (1) broad, spacious, wide -- (very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies") 5. wide -- (great in degree; "won by a wide margin") 6. extended, extensive, wide -- (great in range or scope; "an extended vocabulary"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "extensive examples of picture writing"; "suffered extensive damage"; "a wide selection") 7. wide, wide-cut, full -- (having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt") 8. wide, wide of the mark -- (not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth") Antonyms of adj wide 8 senses of wide Sense 1 wide (vs. narrow), broad narrow (vs. wide) => constricting, constrictive, narrowing => narrowed => slender, thin => strait => straplike => tapered, tapering, narrowing Sense 2 across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(postnominal), broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide INDIRECT (VIA comprehensive) -> noncomprehensive, incomprehensive Sense 3 round-eyed, wide-eyed, wide INDIRECT (VIA open) -> closed, shut Sense 4 broad, spacious, wide INDIRECT (VIA large big) -> small little INDIRECT (VIA large big) -> small little Sense 5 wide (vs. narrow) narrow (vs. wide) => bare(postnominal), marginal Sense 6 extended, extensive, wide INDIRECT (VIA considerable) -> inconsiderable Sense 7 wide, wide-cut, full INDIRECT (VIA ample) -> meager, meagre, meagerly Sense 8 wide, wide of the mark INDIRECT (VIA inaccurate) -> accurate Similarity of adj wide 8 senses of wide Sense 1 wide (vs. narrow), broad => beamy => bird's-eye, panoramic => broad-brimmed => citywide => countywide => countrywide, nationwide => covering, overhanging, overspreading => deep => heavy, thick => in width(prenominal), in breadth(prenominal) => spreading, wide-spreading => statewide => stretching(postnominal), wide-spreading => sweeping => wide-screen(postnominal) => fanlike Also See-> comprehensive#1; thick#1 Sense 2 across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(postnominal), broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide => comprehensive (vs. noncomprehensive) Sense 3 round-eyed, wide-eyed, wide => open (vs. closed), opened Sense 4 broad, spacious, wide => large (vs. small), big (vs. little) Sense 5 wide (vs. narrow) => comfortable Sense 6 extended, extensive, wide => considerable (vs. inconsiderable) Sense 7 wide, wide-cut, full => ample (vs. meager) Sense 8 wide, wide of the mark => inaccurate (vs. accurate) Attributes of adj wide 1 of 8 senses of wide Sense 1 wide (vs. narrow), broad => width, breadth Familiarity of adj wide wide used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 8) Grep of adj wide citywide continent-wide countrywide countywide nationwide statewide wide wide-angle wide-awake wide-cut wide-eyed wide-open wide-ranging wide-screen wide-spreading wide of the mark wideband widely distributed widespread worldwide Overview of adj wide The adj wide has 8 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (45) wide, broad -- (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") 2. (13) across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide -- (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") 3. (4) round-eyed, wide-eyed, wide -- ((used of eyes) fully open or extended; "listened in round-eyed wonder"; "stared with wide eyes") 4. (1) broad, spacious, wide -- (very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies") 5. wide -- (great in degree; "won by a wide margin") 6. extended, extensive, wide -- (great in range or scope; "an extended vocabulary"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "extensive examples of picture writing"; "suffered extensive damage"; "a wide selection") 7. wide, wide-cut, full -- (having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt") 8. wide, wide of the mark -- (not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth")
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