Antonyms for broadest
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : brawd |
| Phonetic Transcription : brɔd |
Definition of broadest
Origin :- Old English brad "broad, flat, open, extended," from Proto-Germanic *braithaz (cf. Old Frisian bred, Old Norse breiðr, Dutch breed, German breit, Gothic brouþs), of unknown origin. Not found outside Germanic languages. No clear distinction in sense from wide. Related: Broadly. Broad-brim as a style of hat (1680s, broad-brimmed) in 18c.-19c. suggested "Quaker male" from their characteristic attire.
- adj wide physically
- adj extensive
- adj full, obvious
- adj liberal-minded
- adj vulgar
- It is national in the broadest sense of the term, and primative and forcible to intensity.
- Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
- Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- He prided himself on being able to speak the broadest of the dialect.
- Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
- They were, one and all, from the broadest and best to the narrowest and least frequented, very dark.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- There, on one of the broadest tombstones she saw sitting a circle of lamias.
- Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
- No cragsman in broadest daylight could do such a thing, he asserted.
- Extract from : « Red Cap Tales » by Samuel Rutherford Crockett
- But the hospital, of course, is managed on the broadest lines.
- Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
- The river was a noble one; the broadest that I had hitherto seen.
- Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
- It is a work of broadest humanity, of most fanatical bigotry.
- Extract from : « Rabbi and Priest » by Milton Goldsmith
- Philanthropy is not love for one's fellow-man in the broadest sense.
- Extract from : « Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience » by Henry David Thoreau
Synonyms for broadest
- advanced
- all-embracing
- all-inclusive
- ample
- apparent
- blue
- capacious
- clear
- coarse
- comprehensive
- copious
- cultivated
- deep
- dirty
- encyclopedic
- expansive
- experienced
- explicit
- extended
- extensive
- far-flung
- far-reaching
- full
- general
- generous
- gross
- immense
- improper
- inclusive
- indecent
- indelicate
- large
- latitudinous
- low-minded
- nonspecific
- off-color
- open
- open-minded
- outspread
- outstretched
- permissive
- plain
- progressive
- purple
- racy
- radical
- risqué
- roomy
- salty
- saucy
- scopic
- smutty
- spacious
- spicy
- splay
- squat
- straightforward
- suggestive
- sweeping
- thick
- tolerant
- ubiquitous
- unbiased
- undetailed
- undisguised
- unequivocal
- universal
- unlimited
- unrefined
- unrestrained
- vast
- voluminous
- wicked
- wide
- wide-ranging
- widespread
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