Antonyms for sprawlingsprawl·ing

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1. sprawl, sprawlingadjective

   an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about

   Antonyms:
   tidy

   Synonyms:
   conurbation, sprawl, urban sprawl

2. sprawling, straggling, rambling, stragglyadjective

   spreading out in different directions

   "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"

   Antonyms:
   tidy

   Synonyms:
   wandering(a), rambling, winding, straggly, discursive, excursive, digressive, meandering(a), straggling

How to use sprawling in a sentence?

1. Brock Silvers:

   It wasn’t a change of heart that caused Beijing to pull back its regulatory push on tech companies, it was a concession to economic reality, the goal of furthering state control over sprawling tech empires, however, wasn’t abandoned.

2. Ko Sai:

   We just heard a loud noise sounding like thunder and saw that the huge mountain collapsed and a huge wave of rubble was moving and sprawling on a wide area, it was just like a nightmare.

3. Katie Keenan:

   This site is so sprawling that we're able to build on the campus. We're getting better and better at this because it seems like the past couple of years the potential playoff team has been the Super Bowl host city, starting in November we started to build contingencies around each round. It’s no secret that the championship game scenario is the most challenging scenario because it obviously shortened everything.

4. John Parker:

   Their dogged determination and skilled investigative techniques were crucial in exposing and dissecting this sprawling corruption scheme.

5. Joan Clos:

   What is happening ... is an increase of sprawling urbanization, informality is gaining share in the growth of cities.

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