WIDE

wide

1. [Adjective]: 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. [Adjective]: great in degree; "won by a wide margin"

3. [Adverb]: to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely"

4. [Adverb]: far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander"

5. [Adverb]: with or by a broad space; "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end"

6. [Adverb]: to the fullest extent possible; "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open"

7. not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth"

8. 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

9. very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"

10. having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt"

11. great in range or scope; "an extended vocabulary"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "extensive examples of picture writing"; "suffered extensive damage"; "a wide selection"

12. (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "listened in round-eyed wonder"; "stared with wide eyes"

Similar words to 'wide'

Opposite words to 'wide'


Try another search!


Look up words in the English4.Today Online Dictionary and add them to your own personal dictionary for vocabulary practice.

All you need to start your own personal dictionary web is a free English4.Today membership.

English4.today Podcasts

Get immediate access to grammar tests, quizzes, exercises, pronuciation practice, vocabulary building, courses, and an online community all wanting to improve their English and help you improve yours! Standard membership is FREE!!