widely used

ADJECTIVE

traditional

Synonyms

STRONGEST

classic classical common conventional historic long-established old popular regular time-honored universal

WEAK

acceptable accustomed acknowledged ancestral customary doctrinal fixed folk habitual immemorial oral prescribed rooted sanctioned taken for granted transmitted unwritten widespread

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abnormal different extraordinary infrequent irregular modern new rare uncommon unusual

WEAK

fresh unestablished unfixed untraditional

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widely used

Patient navigation is already widely used in cancer care and is even funded by Medicaid, Yee said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

ByteDance’s Seedance is the most widely used AI video-generation tool for short dramas in China, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Hydrogen is widely used in fuel cells for vehicles, as well as in the production of ammonia, metal refining, and plastics manufacturing.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

How widely used is the death penalty in the US?

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Perhaps because of confusion with discomfort and dismay, it is widely used to indicate uneasiness or vague dissatisfaction.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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