wide - Meaning in Sanskrit

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wide - Meaning in Sanskrit

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Definitions and Meaning of wide in English

wide adjective

1. not on target

   Synonyms

   wide of the mark

   Examples

   • "a claim that was wide of the truth"
   • "the arrow was wide of the mark"
   • "the kick was wide"
2. having ample fabric

   Synonyms

   full, wide-cut

   Examples

   • "a full skirt"
   • "the current taste for wide trousers"
3. broad in scope or content

   Synonyms

   across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic

   Examples

   • "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"
   • "across-the-board pay increases"
   • "an all-embracing definition"
   • "an invention with broad applications"
   • "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"
   • "granted him wide powers"
4. very large in expanse or scope

   Synonyms

   broad, broad, spacious

   Examples

   • "a broad lawn"
   • "a spacious view"
   • "spacious skies"
   • "the wide plains"
5. (used of eyes) fully open or extended

   Synonyms

   wide-eyed

   Example

   • "stared with wide eyes"
6. having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

   Synonyms

   broad, broad

   Examples

   • "a broad river"
   • "a river two miles broad"
   • "a wide necktie"
   • "broad shoulders"
   • "three feet wide"
   • "wide margins"
   • "wide roads"
7. great in degree

   Example

   • "won by a wide margin"

wide abverb

1. to or over a great extent or range; far

   Synonyms

   widely

   Examples

   • "he traveled widely"
   • "wandered wide through many lands"
2. with or by a broad space

   Examples

   • "ran wide around left end"
   • "stand with legs wide apart"
3. far from the intended target

   Synonyms

   astray

   Examples

   • "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander"
   • "the arrow went wide of the mark"
4. to the fullest extent possible

   Examples

   • "open your eyes wide"
   • "with the throttle wide open"

Synonyms of wide

• wide of the mark
• full, wide-cut
• across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic
• broad, spacious
• wide-eyed
• broad
• widely
• astray

Antonyms of wide

narrow

More matches for wide

noun 

adjective 

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