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wide

[wahyd] / waɪd /
ADJECTIVE
expansive, roomy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ample broad deep expanded extensive far-reaching full immense large loose spacious vast
WEAK
advanced all-inclusive baggy capacious catholic commodious comprehensive dilated distended encyclopedic far-ranging general inclusive large-scale liberal open outspread outstretched radical scopic splay squat sweeping tolerant universal voluminous
Antonyms
STRONGEST
limited little miniature narrow restricted small tiny
WEAK
cramped straight
ADJECTIVE
off-course
Synonyms
STRONGEST
away far off remote
STRONG
astray
WEAK
distant far-off inaccurate off the mark off-target
Antonyms
WEAK
on-course on-target

Example Sentences

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Kickers are landing more from out wide too.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

The Brenton Formation exposure is very small, measuring no more than 40 meters long and five meters wide, with cliffs rising up to five meters above the shore.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

While Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza was picked first, as widely expected, the rest of the draft is wide open.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Such practices “spanned a wide spectrum of projects in what appeared to be a company-wide pattern of financial misrepresentation and misleading disclosures,” the lawsuit states.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

The late-afternoon sun is blaring through the wide windows of the school bus.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith