broad

Speech parts

1. broad - Noun

2. broad - Adjective

4. broad - Adjective Satellite

5. Broad - Proper noun

Meaning

Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.

Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.

Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.

Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.

Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.

Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.

The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.

The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.

A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

Broad.

Synonyms

wide liberal extensive spacious large comprehensive tolerant roomy unspecific full general vast thick inclusive sweeping
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Antonyms

narrow strait wan lassie trice colleen
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Hypernyms

woman adult female

Phrases with the word

in broad daylight broad-minded person broad-minded broad church as broad as long Broad Street

Anagrams

abord board adorb bardo Borda Broda dobra dorab dorba

Examples

across-the-board pay increases Source: Internet

an all-embracing definition Source: Internet

blanket sanctions against human-rights violators Source: Internet

an invention with broad applications Source: Internet

a panoptic study of Soviet nationality Source: Internet

granted him wide powers Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

broacher broaching machine broaching tool broad a broad acceptance broad acres