ENGLISH THESAURUS & DICTIONARY

wide

adjective · adverb

Words like wide

Compare the definitions to choose the right meaning.

35 words · adjective, adverbSort by

Synonymadjective

Synonymadjective

Synonymadjective

Synonymadjective

Synonymadjective

Synonymadverb

Synonymadjective

Synonymadjective

Synonymadjective

Synonymadjective

Synonymadjective

Synonymadjective

Synonymadjective

Synonymadjective

Synonymadjective

Synonymadverb

Similar meaningadjective

ample

Similar meaningadjective

Related words aren’t always interchangeable. Check the definition before you choose.

MEANING & USAGE

Definitions & examples

01adjective

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

“wide roads”

“a wide necktie”

02adjective

broad in scope or content

“across-the-board pay increases”

“an all-embracing definition”

03adjective

(used of eyes) fully open or extended

“stared with wide eyes”

04adjective

very large in expanse or scope

“a broad lawn”

“the wide plains”

7 more meanings

05adjective

great in degree

“won by a wide margin”

06adjective

having ample fabric

“the current taste for wide trousers”

“a full skirt”

07adjective

not on target

“the kick was wide”

“the arrow was wide of the mark”

08adverb

with or by a broad space

“stand with legs wide apart”

“ran wide around left end”

09adverb

to the fullest extent possible

“open your eyes wide”

“with the throttle wide open”

10adverb

far from the intended target

“the arrow went wide of the mark”

“a bullet went astray and killed a bystander”

11adverb

to or over a great extent or range; far

“wandered wide through many lands”

“he traveled widely”

Meanings and examples from Open English WordNet 2025. About our sources ↗

PUT IT INTO A PHRASE

Expressions with “wide”

All 6 entries ↗

Explore multiword dictionary entries containing this word. Each has its own meanings and related words.

wide wale wide screen far and wide World Wide Web wide of the mark wide area network