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wide
adjective
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wide

How to pronounce wide:

Definition of wide:

wide (adjective):
having great extent vast
having a great extent from side to side
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other.

Synonyms for wide:

ample
beamy
bird's-eye
breadth
broad
broad-brimmed
commodious
comprehensive
expansive
extensive
fanlike
panoramic
roomy
spacious
sweeping
thick
wide-screen
width

Antonyms for wide:

airless
attenuated
bottled up
bottleneck
bounded
circumscribed
claustrophobic
close
close-minded
closed in
cluttered
compact
compressed
condensed
confined
confining
congested
constricted
contained
cooped up
cramp
cramped
crowded
elongated
empty
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