Antonyms for wide
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1. wideadverb

   Antonyms:
   skinny, narrow, thin

2. wideadverb

   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

   We walked down a wide corridor.

   Antonyms:
   narrow, skinny, thin

3. wideadverb

   Large in scope.

   The inquiry had a wide remit.

   Antonyms:
   narrow, skinny, thin

4. wideadjective

   Operating at the side of the playing area.

   That team needs a decent wide player.

   Antonyms:
   skinny, thin, narrow

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. wide

   Large denotes extension in more than one direction, and beyond the average of the class to which the object belongs; we speak of a large surface or a large solid, but of a long line; a large field, a large room, a large apple, etc. A large man is a man of more than ordinary size; a great man is a man of remarkable mental power. Big is a more emphatic word than large, but of less dignity. We do not say that George Washington was a big man.

   Antonyms:
   brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial

   Synonyms:
   abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, colossal, commodious, considerable, enormous, extensive, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, vast

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. wide

   Synonyms:
   broad, ample, expanded, large, extensive, spacious, distant, remote

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 4 votes

1. wide, broadadjective

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

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

   Antonyms:
   constricting, meager, narrowing, thin, small, strait, accurate, marginal, slender, little, constrictive, tapering, meagerly, shut, straplike, narrowed, narrow, noncomprehensive, tapered, closed, incomprehensive, scrimpy, narrow-mouthed, bare(a), stingy, meagre

   Synonyms:
   unsubtle, full, full(a), panoptic, all-encompassing, extensive, all-inclusive, unspecific, spacious, broad(a), encompassing, broad, wide of the mark, all-embracing, across-the-board, tolerant, liberal, large-minded, wide-cut, blanket(a), wide-eyed

2. across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wideadjective

   broad in scope or content

   "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"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"

   Antonyms:
   little, narrowed, narrow, constrictive, narrowing, closed, constricting, accurate, slender, tapered, meagre, bare(a), shut, meagerly, small, meager, incomprehensive, marginal, scrimpy, narrow-mouthed, straplike, thin, strait, tapering, stingy, noncomprehensive

3. wide-eyed, wideadjective

   (used of eyes) fully open or extended

   "stared with wide eyes"

   Antonyms:
   scrimpy, tapering, stingy, meagre, narrow-mouthed, marginal, thin, small, straplike, bare(a), little, tapered, closed, narrowing, strait, meager, shut, narrow, constrictive, constricting, noncomprehensive, slender, incomprehensive, accurate, meagerly, narrowed

   Synonyms:
   broad, full, extensive, panoptic, all-encompassing, simple, all-inclusive, dewy-eyed, round-eyed, spacious, encompassing, blanket(a), wide of the mark, all-embracing, across-the-board, childlike, wide-cut, wide-eyed

4. broad, spacious, wideadjective

   very large in expanse or scope

   "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"

   Antonyms:
   narrow, little, marginal, constrictive, meagerly, strait, scrimpy, shut, tapered, small, noncomprehensive, narrowing, constricting, meagre, narrowed, narrow-mouthed, closed, slender, meager, incomprehensive, tapering, thin, accurate, stingy, bare(a), straplike

   Synonyms:
   broad, full, full(a), panoptic, all-encompassing, extensive, roomy, all-inclusive, wide-eyed, unspecific, spacious, broad(a), encompassing, blanket(a), wide of the mark, all-embracing, across-the-board, tolerant, liberal, large-minded, wide-cut, unsubtle

5. wideadjective

   great in degree

   "won by a wide margin"

   Antonyms:
   narrowing, narrow, strait, shut, marginal, straplike, accurate, small, narrow-mouthed, closed, constricting, little, meagre, narrowed, noncomprehensive, slender, incomprehensive, thin, bare(a), scrimpy, meager, tapered, stingy, meagerly, constrictive, tapering

   Synonyms:
   wide-eyed, across-the-board, extensive, wide of the mark, full, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, spacious, all-embracing, panoptic, all-inclusive, wide-cut, all-encompassing

6. wide, wide-cut, fulladjective

   having ample fabric

   "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt"

   Antonyms:
   narrow, slender, straplike, small, meagre, constrictive, meager, meagerly, marginal, shut, bare(a), incomprehensive, accurate, little, narrowing, stingy, noncomprehensive, narrow-mouthed, strait, tapered, tapering, closed, constricting, scrimpy, thin, narrowed

   Synonyms:
   good, entire, full, full(a), panoptic, all-encompassing, extensive, all-inclusive, replete(p), spacious, broad(a), encompassing, broad, wide of the mark, all-embracing, across-the-board, total, wide-cut, blanket(a), wide-eyed

7. wide, wide of the markadverb

   not on target

   "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth"

   Antonyms:
   tapered, tapering, meager, small, narrow-mouthed, slender, strait, thin, scrimpy, meagre, constrictive, constricting, narrowing, noncomprehensive, meagerly, narrow, little, narrowed, bare(a), accurate, shut, incomprehensive, stingy, straplike, marginal, closed

   Synonyms:
   wide-eyed, across-the-board, extensive, wide of the mark, full, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, spacious, all-embracing, panoptic, all-inclusive, wide-cut, all-encompassing

8. wideadverb

   with or by a broad space

   "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end"

   Antonyms:
   narrowing, stingy, meagerly, constricting, narrowed, narrow-mouthed, constrictive, accurate, meager, bare(a), small, scrimpy, incomprehensive, strait, shut, little, marginal, tapered, narrow, slender, thin, meagre, closed, noncomprehensive, straplike, tapering

   Synonyms:
   widely, astray

9. wideadverb

   to the fullest extent possible

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

   Antonyms:
   incomprehensive, strait, constrictive, small, marginal, narrowing, meagerly, thin, shut, little, narrow, tapering, slender, straplike, scrimpy, stingy, tapered, constricting, accurate, narrow-mouthed, meager, closed, bare(a), meagre, narrowed, noncomprehensive

   Synonyms:
   widely, astray

10. wide, astrayadverb

    far from the intended target

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

    Antonyms:
    shut, tapered, noncomprehensive, scrimpy, closed, narrowing, straplike, meagre, slender, constricting, incomprehensive, narrow, stingy, meager, narrow-mouthed, tapering, meagerly, marginal, little, accurate, bare(a), narrowed, constrictive, strait, small, thin

    Synonyms:
    widely, astray

11. wide, widelyadverb

    to or over a great extent or range; far

    "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely"

    Antonyms:
    stingy, accurate, narrow-mouthed, small, narrow, narrowing, slender, scrimpy, constricting, meagre, meager, strait, noncomprehensive, meagerly, straplike, narrowed, incomprehensive, constrictive, marginal, tapered, little, closed, bare(a), tapering, shut, thin

    Synonyms:
    widely, astray

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1. wideadjective

   Synonyms:
   broad, extensive, vast, comprehensive

How to use wide in a sentence?

1. Travis Kelce:

   That one is supposed to belong to a wide receiver.

2. Sysco Chief Executive Bill DeLaney:

   Those of us who work in this industry every day know it is fiercely competitive. Customers of all types have access to food distribution services from a wide variety of companies.

3. Josh Taylor:

   No response was given in any form, our door to getting info, including Brian being potentially missing, was wide open.

4. Bill Northey:

   There are a number of places where the policy divides are incredibly wide.

5. Mildred Madison:

   You just start at 18 and keep on going to until the very end and try to vote in every election. They all count, it's not just for the president but start voting locally, statewide, county wide and also on the federal level. They all count because the power really starts right there in your community.

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