wide
adjective
1. having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
- wide roads
- a wide necktie
- wide margins
Similar word(s): comprehensive, thick, beamy, panoramic, deep, fanlike, sweeping, broad
2. broad in scope or content
- granted him wide powers
Similar word(s): comprehensive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic
3. (used of eyes) fully open or extended
- stared with wide eyes
4. very large in expanse or scope
- the wide plains
Similar word(s): big, large, broad, spacious
5. great in degree
- won by a wide margin
Similar word(s): comfortable
6. having ample fabric
- the current taste for wide trousers
7. not on target
- the kick was wide
- the arrow was wide of the mark
- a claim that was wide of the truth
Similar word(s): inaccurate
Sentences with wide as an adjective:
- We walked down a wide corridor.
- The inquiry had a wide remit.
- That team needs a decent wide player.
- Too bad! That was a great passing-shot, but it's wide.
- a wide character; a wide stream
adverb
1. with or by a broad space
- stand with legs wide apart
- ran wide around left end
2. to the fullest extent possible
- open your eyes wide
- with the throttle wide open
- He was wide awake.
3. far from the intended target
- the arrow went wide of the mark
Similar word(s): astray
4. to or over a great extent or range; far
- wandered wide through many lands
- he traveled widely
Similar word(s): widely
Sentences with wide as an adverb:
- He travelled far and wide.
- The arrow fell wide of the mark.
noun
1. (cricket) A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score