wide

Adjective

• not on target
  • the kick was wide
    
  • the arrow was wide of the mark
    
  • a claim that was wide of the truth
    

• having ample fabric
  • the current taste for wide trousers
    
  • a full skirt
    

• great in degree
  • won by a wide margin
    

• very large in expanse or scope
  • a broad lawn
    
  • the wide plains
    
  • a spacious view
    
  • spacious skies
    

• (used of eyes) fully open or extended
  • stared with wide eyes
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

Adverb

• to or over a great extent or range; far
  • wandered wide through many lands
    
  • he traveled widely
    

• far from the intended target
  • the arrow went wide of the mark
    
  • a bullet went astray and killed a bystander
    

• to the fullest extent possible
  • open your eyes wide
    
  • with the throttle wide open
    

• with or by a broad space
  • stand with legs wide apart
    
  • ran wide around left end
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  wide of the mark , wide-cut , full , broad , spacious , wide-eyed , widely , astray