Wide

From open-dictionary.com - the free dictionary.

Table of contents

1 English

1.1 Adjective

1.1.1 Antonyms
1.1.2 Translations

English

Adjective

A long distance of area between two points.

Antonyms

narrow (regarding empty area)
thin (regarding occupied area)
skinny (offensive, regarding body width)

Translations

Chinese: 宽, 宽广的, 宽阔的
Dutch: wijd
French: large
Finnish: leveä
German: breit
Italian: largo
Japanese: 広い (ひろい, hiroi)
Korean: 넓은 (neolbeun), 넓다
Lithuanian: platus m, plati f, platu n
Portuguese: largo
Russian: широкий (shirokij)
Slovak: široký m, široká f, široké n
Spanish: ancho
Swedish: vid

WordNet Definitions

eight

1. wide (vs. narrow), broad -- (having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river").
2. across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(prenominal), broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide -- (broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers").
3. round-eyed, wide-eyed, wide -- ((used of eyes) fully open or extended; "listened in round-eyed wonder"; "stared with wide eyes").
4. broad, spacious, wide -- (very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies").
5. wide (vs. narrow) -- (great in degree; "won by a wide margin").
6. extended, extensive, wide -- (great in range or scope; "an extended vocabulary"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "extensive examples of picture writing"; "suffered extensive damage"; "a wide selection").
7. wide, wide-cut, full -- (having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt").
8. wide, wide of the mark -- (not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth").

four

1. wide -- (with or by a broad space; "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end").
2. wide -- (to the fullest extent possible; "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open").
3. wide, astray -- (far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander").
4. wide, widely -- (to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely").

About Open Dictionary

Open Dictionary

New Frontier Information Network

open-dictionary.com

Mozilla Firefox

Opera

Microsoft Internet Explorer