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| 1. | [ adjective ] having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other | |
| Synonyms: | wide | |
| Examples: | "wide roads" "a wide necktie" "wide margins" "three feet wide" "a river two miles broad" "broad shoulders" "a broad river" |
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| Related terms: | narrow heavy covering sweeping countrywide wide-screen bird's-eye stretching spreading in_width spreading countywide stretching wide-screen schoolwide deep fanlike broad-brimmed citywide statewide beamy thick comprehensive width | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] broad in scope or content | |
| Synonyms: | wide all-embracing all-inclusive blanket encompassing panoptic all-encompassing across-the-board | |
| 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"- T.G.Winner "wide powers" |
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| Related terms: | comprehensive | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] broad in scope or content | |
| Synonyms: | wide all-embracing all-inclusive blanket encompassing panoptic all-encompassing across-the-board | |
| 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"- T.G.Winner "granted him wid |
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| Related terms: | comprehensive | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] not detailed or specific | |
| Synonyms: | unspecific | |
| Examples: | "a broad rule" "the broad outlines of the plan" "felt an unspecific dread" |
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| Related terms: | general | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] lacking subtlety; obvious | |
| Synonyms: | unsubtle | |
| Examples: | "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave" |
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| Related terms: | clear | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] being at a peak or culminating point | |
| Synonyms: | full | |
| Examples: | "broad day" "full summer" "high noon" |
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| Related terms: | high | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] very large in expanse or scope | |
| Synonyms: | spacious wide | |
| Examples: | "a broad lawn" "the wide plains" "a spacious view" "spacious skies" |
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| Related terms: | large | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] showing or characterized by broad-mindedness | |
| Synonyms: | liberal tolerant large-minded | |
| Examples: | "a broad political stance" "generous and broad sympathies" "a liberal newspaper" "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" |
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| Related terms: | broad-minded | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] showing or characterized by broad-mindedness | |
| Synonyms: | liberal tolerant | |
| Examples: | "a broad political stance" "generous and broad sympathies" "a liberal newspaper" "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" |
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| Related terms: | broad-minded | |
| 10. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 19787 | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional | |
| Examples: | "a broad southern accent" |
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| Related terms: | noticeable | |
| 12. | [ noun ] slang term for a woman | |
| Examples: | "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch" |
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| Related terms: | woman | |
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Broady Brad brood Bradt brady braid Braud bread Broadway broody Braddy Bryd Bradway brat breadth Bratt Breda breed bride Brito Brode Brodt Brody Brede byroad breath bratty Broddy Brodie breathe Brideau Britta Britto |
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