Definitions

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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A more precise model of color perception could have wide value in fields that depend on accurate color, including photography, video, visualization, and related technologies.

From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026

Sinner's second-round loss to Argentina's Juan Manuel Cerundolo blew the draw wide open, before 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic's early exit guaranteed a first-time men's major winner.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

And, in the case of University of Oregon wide receiver Dakorien Moore, that amounted to upward of $80,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Part of this was to introduce the wide range of great writers and minds working behind the scenes in this small newsroom.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Arlo’s eyes grow wide as he looks from Candace to Aunt J. He knows something’s up.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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