Antonyms for wide
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : wahyd |
Phonetic Transcription : waɪd |
Definition of wide
Origin :- Old English wid, from Proto-Germanic *widas (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian wid, Old Norse viðr, Dutch wijd, Old High German wit, German weit), perhaps from PIE *wi-ito-, from root *wi- "apart, away." Wide open "unguarded, exposed to attack" (1915) originally was in boxing, etc. Wide awake (adj.) is first recorded 1818; figurative sense of "alert, knowing" is attested from 1833.
- adj expansive, roomy
- adj off-course
- She threw herself on the wide divan, and he fixed pillows under her head.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- There was now but "one wide river to cross," and the cars rolled on to the bridge.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- From far and wide, wild people flocked to the banks of the river.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- The ranges are wide enough, but they're a prison just the same.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Mary Reynolds' eyes were wide with surprise and sudden hope.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- "Nay, there you are wide of the clout," the bowman said gravely.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- She was sitting forward on her chair, her wide young eyes on him.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- She surmised shrewdly that on the Street their interests were wide apart.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- How she hated her, with her youth and freshness, her wide eyes, her soft red lips!
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Her world was in pieces about her, and she felt alone in a wide and empty place.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Synonyms for wide
- advanced
- all-inclusive
- ample
- astray
- away
- baggy
- broad
- capacious
- catholic
- commodious
- comprehensive
- deep
- dilated
- distant
- distended
- encyclopedic
- expanded
- extensive
- far
- far-off
- far-ranging
- far-reaching
- full
- general
- immense
- inaccurate
- inclusive
- large
- large-scale
- liberal
- loose
- off
- off the mark
- off-target
- open
- outspread
- outstretched
- progressive
- radical
- remote
- scopic
- spacious
- splay
- squat
- sweeping
- tolerant
- universal
- vast
- voluminous
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