wide

wide is a 4-letter English word with 24 senses as adverb, noun, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 24 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.
2. superlative. Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference.
3. superlative. Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide views; a wide understanding.
4. superlative. Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet wide.
5. superlative. Remote; distant; far.
6. superlative. Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.
7. superlative. On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
8. superlative. Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of / (/ve) is / (/ll); of a (ate) is / (/nd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13-15.
9. adverb. To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide.
10. adverb. So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
11. adverb. So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray.
12. noun. That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.
13. noun. That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.
14. adjective. not on target

    "the kick was wide"

    "the arrow was wide of the mark"

15. adjective. having ample fabric

    "the current taste for wide trousers"

    "a full skirt"

    Synonyms: full

16. adjective. broad in scope or content- T.G.Winner

    "across-the-board pay increases"

    "an all-embracing definition"

    Synonyms: blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic

17. adjective. very large in expanse or scope

    "a broad lawn"

    "the wide plains"

    Synonyms: broad, spacious

18. adjective. (used of eyes) fully open or extended

    "stared with wide eyes"

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

    "wide roads"

    "a wide necktie"

    Synonyms: broad

20. adjective. great in degree

    "won by a wide margin"

21. adverb. to or over a great extent or range; far

    "wandered wide through many lands"

    "he traveled widely"

    Synonyms: widely

22. adverb. with or by a broad space

    "stand with legs wide apart"

    "ran wide around left end"

23. adverb. far from the intended target

    "the arrow went wide of the mark"

    "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander"

    Synonyms: astray

24. adverb. to the fullest extent possible

    "open your eyes wide"

    "with the throttle wide open"

Synonyms

full, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, spacious, widely, astray

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in wide:

wied

Common word forms

wider, wides, widely, widest, wideness

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for WIDE lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.