widespread

Speech parts

1. widespread - Adjective

2. widespread - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

extensive universal prevalent ubiquitous pervasive far-flung common broad generalized rampant far-reaching mass national catholic interstate
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Antonyms

limited local little particular individual private
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Phrases with the word

widespread presence widespread interest widespread illness disease widespread in asia widespread belief widespread opinion

Examples

One of the most widespread diseases is diagnosis. Karl Kraus

One of the chief reasons for the widespread fear of the Huns rested on their ability to travel very long distances in relatively short periods. This ability may well have been based on their use of horseshoes. Carroll Quigley

During the past three years spectacular progress has been made in increasing wheat, rice, and maize production in several of the most populous developing countries of southern Asia, where widespread famine appeared inevitable only five years ago. Norman Borlaug

The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief. Sigmund Freud

THERE is widespread agreement among economists that abuse of credit constitutes one of the chief unwholesome elements in business booms and is mainly responsible for the ensuing crash and depression. Benjamin Graham

In England the practice of "virtual" representation provided reasonably well for the actual representation of the major interests of the society, and it raised no widespread objection. Bernard Bailyn

Close letter words and terms

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