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wide of
adjective as in distant
Weak matches
- a piece
- abroad
- abstracted
- apart
- arm's length
- asunder
- away
- backwoods
- beyond range
- far back
- farther
- further
- in the background
- in the boonies
- in the distance
- in the sticks
- indirect
- middle of nowhere
- not home
- out of earshot
- out of range
- out of reach
- out-of-the-way
- outlying
- retired
- secret
- separate
- sequestered
- telescopic
- unapproachable
- ways
- yonder
Example Sentences
Wide of the crease, he got enough movement in for Williamson to fail in the tightest review.
“Between the nostalgia and multigenerational appeal in terms of their respective core fan group, we were reaching as wide of an audience as possible,” Riegg said.
Going into the last lap, Vettel appeared to be just out of reach but the pressure applied by Button led to the German putting a wheel a couple of inches wide of the dry line, his Red Bull went into a slide and Button was through to take a barely believable victory.
Seven minutes later Pedro Vite threw another scare into the home team, sending a low right-footed shot inches wide of the other post.
Any suggestion the second Test was only decided by the coin would be wide of the mark.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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