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broad - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | broad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a woman |
| Synonyms: | babe*, chick*, dame, dish, doll*, female, floozy, girl, honey*, lady, miss, skirt*, bimbo, doxy, gal, lassie, moll, sweet thing, tootsie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | broad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wide physically |
| Synonyms: | ample, capacious, deep, expansive, extended, extensive, full, generous, immense, large, roomy, spacious, squat, thick, vast, voluminous, widespread, latitudinous, outspread, outstretched, splay |
| Antonyms: | narrow, small |
| Main Entry: | broad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extensive |
| Synonyms: | all-inclusive, comprehensive, copious, encyclopedic, expansive, extended, far-flung, far-reaching, general, inclusive, sweeping, ubiquitous, universal, unlimited, wide, widespread, all-embracing, nonspecific, scopic, undetailed, wide-ranging |
| Antonyms: | narrow, small |
| Main Entry: | broad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full, obvious |
| Synonyms: | apparent, clear, explicit, open, plain, straightforward, unequivocal, undisguised |
| Antonyms: | empty, restricted |
| Main Entry: | broad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberal-minded |
| Synonyms: | advanced, experienced, open, open-minded, permissive, progressive, radical, tolerant, unbiased, wide, cultivated |
| Antonyms: | close-minded, small-minded |
| Main Entry: | broad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar |
| Synonyms: | blue, coarse, dirty, gross, improper, indecent, indelicate, low-minded, off-color, purple, racy, risqué, salty, saucy, smutty, spicy, suggestive, unrefined, unrestrained, wicked |
| Main Entry: | across-the-board |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broad in scope |
| Synonyms: | all, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, complete, comprehensive, encompassing, everything, extensive, global, sweeping, total, wide, widespread, all-embracing, all-encompassing, broad in content, including all categories, including all members, panoptic |
| Main Entry: | ample |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | more than necessary, sufficient |
| Synonyms: | abounding, abundant, big, bountiful, broad, capacious, commodious, copious, enough, expansive, extensive, full, galore, generous, great, heavy, large, lavish, liberal, plentiful, plenty, profuse, rich, roomy, spacious, spare, substantial, unrestricted, voluminous, wide, bounteous, no end, plenteous |
| Antonyms: | insufficient, meager, not enough |
| Main Entry: | capacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ample, extensive |
| Synonyms: | abundant, broad, comfortable, commodious, comprehensive, expansive, extended, generous, liberal, plentiful, roomy, sizable, spacious, substantial, vast, voluminous, wide, dilatable, distensible, expandable |
| Antonyms: | cramped, small, tiny, squeezed |
| Main Entry: | cavernous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hollow and large |
| Synonyms: | broad, commodious, concave, deep, gaping, huge, resonant, roomy, sepulchral, spacious, sunken, vast, wide, alveolate, chambered, chasmal, curved inward, deep-set, echoing, reverberant, socketed, yawning |
| Antonyms: | filled |
| Main Entry: | comprehensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inclusive |
| Synonyms: | absolute, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, catholic, compendious, complete, discursive, encyclopedic, exhaustive, expansive, extensive, far-reaching, full, general, global, infinite, overall, sweeping, thorough, umbrella, whole, wide, widespread, across the board, all-embracing, comprising, containing, encircling, in depth, lock stock and barrel, of great scope, synoptic, the big picture, the whole shebang, the works, wall-to-wall |
| Antonyms: | exclusive, particular, selective, specific, incomprehensive |
| Main Entry: | eclectic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comprehensive, general |
| Synonyms: | assorted, broad, catholic, diverse, heterogeneous, inclusive, liberal, mixed, multifarious, selective, universal, varied, all-embracing, dilettantish, diversified, many-sided, mingled, multiform, wide-ranging |
| Notes: | eclectic means selecting what seems best of various styles, methods, or ideas while esoteric means intended for and understandable by only a small knowledgeable group |
| Antonyms: | narrow, particular, specific, incomprehensive, unvaried |
| Main Entry: | encyclopedic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comprehensive |
| Synonyms: | all-inclusive, broad, catholic, complete, discursive, exhaustive, extensive, general, thorough, universal, vast, widespread, all-embracing, all-encompassing, thorough-going, wide-ranging |
| Antonyms: | brief, incomplete, summary, uncomprehensive |
| Main Entry: | extensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | far-reaching, thorough |
| Synonyms: | all-inclusive, big, blanket*, boundless, broad, capacious, commodious, comprehensive, considerable, extended, far-flung*, general, great, hefty, huge, inclusive, indiscriminate, large, lengthy, long, major, pervasive, prevalent, roomy, sizable, spacious, sweeping, universal, unrestricted, vast, voluminous, wholesale, wide, widespread, across the board, all-encompassing, comprising, expanded, large-scale, protracted, scopic, scopious, unexclusive, wall to wall, wide-ranging |
| Antonyms: | limited, narrow, restricted, short, uncomprehensive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | floozy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sexually promiscuous woman |
| Synonyms: | broad, hooker, prostitute, tramp, whore, bimbo, doxy, easy make, moll, nympho, piece of tail |
| Main Entry: | gaping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wide open |
| Synonyms: | broad, cavernous, great, vast, chasmal, yawning |
| Antonyms: | closed, shut |
| Main Entry: | hussy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loose woman |
| Synonyms: | Jezebel, broad, floozy, minx, slut, strumpet, tart*, tramp, trollop, vamp, wench, whore, jade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inclusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | all-encompassing, all-embracing |
| Synonyms: | across-the-board*, all-around, blanket*, broad, comprehensive, encyclopedic, full, general, global, overall, sweeping, umbrella*, whole, all the options, all together, ball-of-wax, catchall, in toto, wall-to-wall, without exception |
| Antonyms: | exclusive, narrow, incomprehensive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indefinite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ambiguous, vague |
| Synonyms: | broad, confused, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, evasive, general, ill-defined, indeterminate, indistinct, inexact, inexhaustible, infinite, innumerable, intangible, loose, obscure, shadowy, uncertain, unclear, undefined, undependable, undetermined, unknown, unlimited, unsettled, unsure, wide, imprecise, indeterminable, unfixed, unspecific |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, distinct, sure |
| Main Entry: | indiscriminate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | random, chaotic |
| Synonyms: | aimless, assorted, broad, careless, confused, desultory, extensive, general, haphazard, heterogeneous, hit-or-miss*, jumbled, miscellaneous, mixed, mongrel, motley*, multifarious, promiscuous, purposeless, shallow, spot, superficial, sweeping, uncritical, unplanned, varied, variegated, wholesale*, wide, designless, imperceptive, mingled, unconsidered, undiscriminating, unmethodical, unselective, unsystematic |
| Antonyms: | chosen, critical, definite, discriminatory, methodical, particular, selective, specific, systematic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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