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View definitions for wide open

wide open

adjective as in unarmed

adverb as in flat out

adjective as in lacking strict enforcement of laws

Strongest matches

adjective as in opened to the full extent

Strongest matches

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Example Sentences

Trying The Macallan for the first time cracked it wide open for me in terms of how special whisky could be.

It was definitely an anti-closure ending, and if the character—and show—has life behind it, it leaves the door wide open.

As his “doors of perception” were being blown wide open, he found Sid Vicious and the Sex Pistols.

Can you make it in a wide-open market in which consumers have loads of options?

The ball then swung to a wide-open Chris Bosh for a corner three that gave Miami the lead for good.

A very brief exercise of Mr. Sikess art sufficed to overcome the fastening of the lattice, and it soon stood wide open also.

The flap was wide open and any ordinary animal would have been out and away without the least trouble.

Old Captain sat up on his haunches, his slantwise eyes wide open with wonder.

The safe door was standing wide open, the interior cleanly empty.

The baby lay on his back, his wide-open eyes looking upwards, good as gold.

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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wide-open, such as: lawless, ungoverned, licentious, unrestrained, and wild.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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