Wide meaning

What does “wide” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“wide” is an adjective and adverb with 11 meanings. Its most common meaning is: having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other.

wide

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
“wide roads”
“a wide necktie”
Synonymsbroad
Oppositesnarrow
broad in scope or content
“across-the-board pay increases”
“an all-embracing definition”
Synonymsacross-the-board all-embracing all-encompassing all-inclusive blanket broad encompassing extensive
(used of eyes) fully open or extended
“stared with wide eyes”
Synonymswide-eyed
very large in expanse or scope
“a broad lawn”
“the wide plains”
Synonymsbroad spacious
great in degree
“won by a wide margin”
Oppositesnarrow
having ample fabric
“the current taste for wide trousers”
“a full skirt”
Synonymswide-cut full
not on target
“the kick was wide”
“the arrow was wide of the mark”
Synonymswide of the mark

with or by a broad space
“stand with legs wide apart”
“ran wide around left end”
to the fullest extent possible
“open your eyes wide”
“with the throttle wide open”
far from the intended target
“the arrow went wide of the mark”
“a bullet went astray and killed a bystander”
Synonymsastray
to or over a great extent or range; far
“wandered wide through many lands”
“he traveled widely”
Synonymswidely

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University