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Antonyms for widespread
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : wahyd-spred |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd |
Definition of widespread
Origin :- 1705, from wide + spread.
- adj extensive
- Some had evidently come from afar, for the fame of the revivalist was widespread.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- To resume, monogamy is by far the most widespread form of marriage.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- But, even so, the widespread destruction could not be accounted for.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
- The sources of information of the Weather Bureau are widespread.
- Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
- But no one imagined, at that time, how widespread was the Katipunan league.
- Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
- In the discussion of witchcraft, it has been shown that a delusion may be as widespread as a truth.
- Extract from : « The Necessity of Atheism » by Dr. D.M. Brooks
- Moralism is perhaps the most widespread of all the concepts that we are now discussing.
- Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
- Among white Southerners this feeling is widespread and positive.
- Extract from : « The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue » by Various
- There is a widespread view that may be expressed somewhat as follows.
- Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
- It is undoubtedly her songs that have made her fame so widespread.
- Extract from : « Woman's Work in Music » by Arthur Elson
Synonyms for widespread
- across the board
- all over the place
- boundless
- broad
- common
- comprehensive
- current
- diffuse
- epidemic
- far-flung
- far-reaching
- general
- on a large scale
- outspread
- overall
- pandemic
- pervasive
- popular
- prevailing
- prevalent
- public
- rampant
- regnant
- rife
- ruling
- sweeping
- universal
- unlimited
- unrestricted
- wall-to-wall
- wholesale
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