Antonyms for wide

Antonyms for (adj) wide

Main entry: broad, wide

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

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

Antonyms: narrow

Definition: not wide


Antonyms: shallow

Definition: lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center


Antonyms: shallow

Definition: not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply


Main entry: wide

Definition: great in degree

Usage: won by a wide margin

Antonyms: narrow

Definition: very limited in degree


Antonyms: uncomfortable

Definition: providing or experiencing physical discomfort


Antonyms: uncomfortable

Definition: conducive to or feeling mental discomfort


Main entry: broad, spacious, wide

Definition: very large in expanse or scope

Usage: a broad lawn; the wide plains; a spacious view; spacious skies

Antonyms: little, small

Definition: limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent


Antonyms: small

Definition: on a small scale


Main entry: wide, wide-eyed

Definition: (used of eyes) fully open or extended

Usage: stared with wide eyes

Antonyms: close, shut

Definition: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut


Antonyms: close, shut

Definition: become closed


Antonyms: close

Definition: cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop


Antonyms: close

Definition: finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)


Antonyms: close, close down, close up, shut down, fold

Definition: cease to operate or cause to cease operating


Antonyms: unopen, shut, closed

Definition: not open


Antonyms: closed

Definition: not open or affording passage or access


Antonyms: shut, closed

Definition: used especially of mouth or eyes


Antonyms: closed

Definition: (set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints


Main entry: broad, blanket, extensive, encompassing, panoptic, wide, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, across-the-board

Definition: broad in scope or content

Usage: 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: noncomprehensive, incomprehensive

Definition: not comprehensive


Main entry: full, wide, wide-cut

Definition: having ample fabric

Usage: the current taste for wide trousers; a full skirt

Antonyms: scrimpy, meager, meagerly, meagre, stingy

Definition: deficient in amount or quality or extent


Main entry: wide, wide of the mark

Definition: not on target

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

Antonyms: accurate

Definition: conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy


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