Standard Lemma guide

wide

adj · adv · noun · 27 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /waɪd/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /wɑed/
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  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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  • rhymes with -aɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: W AY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having a large physical extent from side to side.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We walked down a wide corridor.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Large in scope.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The inquiry had a wide remit.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Overweight, obese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, humorous, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Operating at the side of the playing area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • That team needs a decent wide player.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Two balls before lunch, he bowled a wide.
  • Too bad! That was a great passing-shot, but it's wide.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Vast, great in extent, extensive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, archaic

Examples

  • The wide, lifeless expanse.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adj

Meaning 8

Located some distance away; distant, far.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adj

Meaning 9

Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adj

Meaning 10

Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • a wide character; a wide stream

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adj

Meaning 11

Sharp-witted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adv

Meaning 12

Extensively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He travelled far and wide.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

adv

Meaning 13

Completely.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He was wide awake.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

adv

Meaning 14

Away from or to one side of a given goal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The arrow fell wide of the mark.
  • A few shots were fired but they all went wide.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

adv

Meaning 15

So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

adjective

Meaning 17

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • wide roads
  • a wide necktie
  • wide margins
  • three feet wide
  • a river two miles broad
  • broad shoulders
  • a broad river

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: broad

Antonyms: narrow

18

adjective

Meaning 18

great in degree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • won by a wide margin

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: narrow

19

adjective satellite

Meaning 19

not on target

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the kick was wide
  • the arrow was wide of the mark
  • a claim that was wide of the truth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wide of the mark

Antonyms: none provided

20

adjective satellite

Meaning 20

having ample fabric

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the current taste for wide trousers
  • a full skirt

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wide-cut, full

Antonyms: none provided

21

adjective satellite

Meaning 21

broad in scope or content- T.G.Winner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • across-the-board pay increases
  • an all-embracing definition
  • blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
  • an invention with broad applications
  • a panoptic study of Soviet nationality
  • granted him wide powers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic

Antonyms: none provided

22

adjective satellite

Meaning 22

very large in expanse or scope

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a broad lawn
  • the wide plains
  • a spacious view
  • spacious skies

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: broad, spacious

Antonyms: none provided

23

adjective satellite

Meaning 23

(used of eyes) fully open or extended

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • stared with wide eyes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wide-eyed

Antonyms: none provided

24

adverb

Meaning 24

to or over a great extent or range; far

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • wandered wide through many lands
  • he traveled widely

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: widely

Antonyms: none provided

25

adverb

Meaning 25

with or by a broad space

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • stand with legs wide apart
  • ran wide around left end

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

adverb

Meaning 26

far from the intended target

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the arrow went wide of the mark
  • a bullet went astray and killed a bystander

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: astray

Antonyms: none provided

27

adverb

Meaning 27

to the fullest extent possible

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • open your eyes wide
  • with the throttle wide open

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh1 From Middle English wid, wyd, from Old English wīd (“wide, vast, broad, long; distant, far”), from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h1weydhh1- (“to divide, separate”), a dissimilated univerbation from *dwi- (“apart, asunder, in two”) + *dheh1- (“to do, put, place”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian widj (“wide”), Saterland Frisian wied (“wide”), West Frisian wiid (“broad; wide”), Central Franconian weck, weit, wick, wiet (“distant, far, wide”), Dutch wijd (“wide; large; broad”), German weit (“far; wide; broad”), Luxembourgish weit (“wide”), wäit (“far”), Yiddish ווײַט (vayt, “distant, far”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vid (“wide”), Faroese and Icelandic víður (“wide”); also Breton gwez (“trees”), Cornish gwedh, gwëdh, gwydh, gwÿdh (“trees”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic fiodh (“timber, wood”), Manx fuygh (“timber, wood”), Welsh gwŷdd (“trees”), Latin dīvidō (“to divide, separate”), Latgalian vyds (“middle”), Latvian vidus (“center, middle”), Lithuanian vidùs (“interior, inside; inward”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B wätk- (“to distinguish, separate”). Related to widow.

Across languages

Translations

237 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: wyd — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Afrikaans: breed — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Aklanon: eapad — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Albanian: i gjerë — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Southern Altai: кеҥ (keŋ) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Southern Altai: јалбак (ǰalbak) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Amharic: ሰፊ (säfi) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Arabic: عَرِيض (ʕarīḍ) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Arabic: واسع (wāseʕ) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Arabic: عريض (ʕarīḍ) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Arabic: عريض (ʕariḍ) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Armenian: լայն (layn) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Aromanian: largu — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Aromanian: lat — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Assamese: বহল (bohol) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Asturian: anchu — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Azerbaijani: geniş — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Bashkir: киң (kiñ) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Basque: zabal — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Belarusian: шыро́кі (šyróki) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Bengali: প্রশস্ত (prośosto) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Bhojpuri: चाकर (cākar) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Central Bikol: halakbang — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Breton: ledan — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Bulgarian: широ́к (širók) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Burmese: ကျယ် (kyai) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Catalan: ample — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Cebuano: lapad — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Chechen: шуьйра (šüüra) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Chinese Cantonese: 闊 /阔 (fut3) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寬 /宽 (kuān) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寬廣的 /宽广的 (kuānguǎng de) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寬闊的 /宽阔的 (kuānkuò de) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Chinook Jargon: ɬəqʼəɬ — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Cornish: ledan — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Crimean Tatar: keñ — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Crimean Tatar: keniş — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Czech: široký — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Dalmatian: luarc — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Danish: bred — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Danish: vid — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Dutch: wijd — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Dutch: breed — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Egyptian: w-s-x:W10 (wsḫ) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Esperanto: larĝa — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Estonian: lai — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Faroese: breiður — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Faroese: víður — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Finnish: leveä — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Finnish: laaja — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • French: large — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • West-Frisian: breed — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • West-Frisian: wiid — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Friulian: larc — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Friulian: larg — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Galician: largo — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Galician: ancho — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Georgian: ვრცელი (vrceli) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Georgian: ფართო (parto) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Georgian: ფართე (parte) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Georgian: განიერი (ganieri) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • German: breit — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • German: weit — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (braiþs) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Greek: ευρύς (evrýs) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Greek: ευρεία (evreía) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Greek: φαρδύς (fardýs) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Ancient Greek: εὐρύς (eurús) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Ancient Greek: πλατύς (platús) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Hebrew: רָחָב (rakháv) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Hindi: चौड़ा (cauṛā) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Hungarian: széles — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Icelandic: breiður — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Icelandic: víður — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Ido: larja — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Ilocano: akaba — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Indonesian: lebar — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Ingrian: levviä — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Ingush: шера (šera) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Interlingua: large — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Irish: leathan — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Irish: fairsing — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Old Irish: lethan — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Italian: largo — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Italian: ampio — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Japanese: 広い (hiroi) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Japanese: 幅広い (habahiroi) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Javanese: amba — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Old Javanese: lĕba — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Kabuverdianu: largu — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Kalmyk: өргн (örgn) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Karachay-Balkar: кенг (keñ) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Karaim: kień — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Kashubian: szeroczi — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Kazakh: кең (keñ) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Khakas: чалбах (çalbax) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Khmer: ល្ហ (lhɑɑ) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Korean: 넓다 (neolda) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Korean: 넓은 (neolbeun) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Kumyk: генг (geñ) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Central Kurdish: پان (pan) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Northern Kurdish: pan — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Northern Kurdish: pehn — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Northern Kurdish: fire — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Northern Kurdish: berfire — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Kyrgyz: кең (keŋ) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Ladino: ancho — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Lao: ກວ້າງ (kuāng) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Latgalian: plots — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Latin: lātus — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Latvian: plats — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Lithuanian: platus — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Low German: breed — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Low German: breet — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Luxembourgish: breet — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Macedonian: широк (širok) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Malay: lebar — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Brunei Malay: libar — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Maltese: wiesgħa — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Manchu: ᠣᠨᠴᠣ (onco) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Eastern Mari: кумда (kumda) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Mongolian: өргөн (örgön) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Navajo: hóteel — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Nivkh: вердь (verd̦) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Nogai: кенъ (keñ) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Norman: large — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vid — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bred — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brei — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vid — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brei — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Occitan: larg — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Occitan: ample — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Church Slavic: широкъ (širokŭ) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Old East Slavic: широкъ (širokŭ) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Old English: wīd — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Old English: brād — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Old English: sīd — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Oroqen: ərpə — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Ossetian: уӕрӕх (wæræx) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Papiamentu: largu — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Persian: پهن (pahn) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Persian: گسترده (gostarde) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Persian: وسیع (vasi') — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Persian: فراخ (farâx) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Pitjantjatjara: lipi — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Plautdietsch: breet — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Polabian: sårüke — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Polish: szeroki — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Portuguese: largo — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Portuguese: amplo — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Rapa Nui: lau — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Romani: buxlo — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Romanian: larg — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Romanian: lat — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Romansh: lartg — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Russian: широ́кий (širókij) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Sanskrit: पृथु (pṛthú) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Sardinian: lalgu — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Scottish Gaelic: leathann — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Scottish Gaelic: farsaing — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Scottish Gaelic: a leud — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Serbo-Croatian: шѝрок — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Serbo-Croatian: šìrok — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Shor: кең — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Sicilian: largu — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Slovak: široký — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Slovene: širok — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Lower Sorbian: šyroki — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Upper Sorbian: šěroki — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Spanish: ancho — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Spanish: amplio — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Sundanese: rubak — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Swedish: vid — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Swedish: bred — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Tagalog: malapad — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Tajik: васеъ (vase') — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Tarantino: larghe — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Tatar: киң (kiñ) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Tày: cải — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Telugu: వెడల్పైన (veḍalpaina) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Tetum: luak — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Thai: กว้างใหญ่ (gwâang-yài) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Thai: กว้าง (gwâang) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Tocharian B: pärkare — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Tooro: -gazi — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Tooro: -galiha — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Turkish: vasi — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Turkish: geniş — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Ottoman Turkish: بسیط (basît) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Turkmen: giň — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎈𐎁 (rḥb) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Ukrainian: широ́кий (šyrókyj) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Urdu: چوڑا (cauṛā) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Uyghur: keng) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Uzbek: keng — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Vietnamese: rộng — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Volapük: vidik — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Walloon: lådje — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Waray-Waray: halapad — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Welsh: llydan — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Yiddish: ברייט (breyt) — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Zealandic: breêd — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Zealandic: wied — having a large physical extent from side to side
  • Bashkir: киң (kiñ) — large in scope
  • Bashkir: иркен (irken) — large in scope
  • Bulgarian: обширен (obširen) — large in scope
  • Bulgarian: просторен (prostoren) — large in scope
  • Italian: vasto — large in scope
  • Kabuverdianu: largu — large in scope
  • Eastern Mari: кумда (kumda) — large in scope
  • Spanish: amplio — large in scope
  • Ukrainian: вели́кий (velýkyj) — large in scope
  • Ukrainian: просто́рий (prostóryj) — large in scope
  • Bulgarian: страничен (straničen) — operating at the side of the playing area
  • Catalan: lateral — operating at the side of the playing area
  • Italian: laterale — operating at the side of the playing area
  • Spanish: lateral — operating at the side of the playing area
  • Albanian: gjërësisht — extensively
  • Bulgarian: нашироко (naširoko) — extensively
  • Bulgarian: навсякъде (navsjakǎde) — extensively
  • Czech: široko — extensively
  • Finnish: laajasti — extensively
  • Italian: largo — extensively
  • Norwegian: vidt — extensively
  • Norwegian: bredt — extensively
  • Polish: szeroko — extensively
  • Swahili: pana — extensively
  • Ukrainian: ши́роко (šýroko) — extensively
  • Bulgarian: съвсем (sǎvsem) — completely (with awake)
  • Bulgarian: напълно (napǎlno) — completely (with awake)
  • Finnish: täysin — completely (with awake)
  • Norwegian: vid — completely (with awake)
  • Swahili: pana — completely (with awake)
  • Bulgarian: далеч от целта (daleč ot celta) — away from the given goal
  • Finnish: ohi — away from the given goal
  • Swahili: pana — away from the given goal