Overview of adj wide

The adj wide has 7 senses

• 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")


• across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, 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")


• wide-eyed, wide -- ((used of eyes) fully open or extended; "stared with wide eyes")


• broad, spacious, wide -- (very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies")


• wide -- (great in degree; "won by a wide margin")


• wide, wide-cut, full -- (having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt")


• 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")

Overview of adv wide

The adv wide has 4 senses

• wide -- (with or by a broad space; "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end")


• wide -- (to the fullest extent possible; "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open")


• wide, astray -- (far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander")


• wide, widely -- (to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely")