ALL meanings of wider
wide
W w - adjective wider having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad: a wide boulevard. 1
- adjective wider having a certain or specified extent from side to side: three feet wide. 1
- adjective wider of great horizontal extent; extensive; vast; spacious: the wide plains of the West. 1
- adjective wider of great range or scope; embracing a great number or variety of subjects, cases, etc.: wide experience. 1
- adjective wider open to the full or a great extent; expanded; distended: to stare with wide eyes. 1
- adjective wider apart or remote from a specified point or object: a guess wide of the truth. 1
- adjective wider too far or too much to one side: a shot wide of the mark. 1
- adjective wider Baseball. outside (def 16): The pitch was wide of the plate. 1
- adjective wider full, ample, or roomy, as clothing: He wore wide, flowing robes. 1
- adjective wider Phonetics. lax (def 7). 1
- adjective wider British Slang. shrewd; wary. 1
- adverb wider to the full extent of opening: Open your mouth wide. 1
- adverb wider to the utmost, or fully: to be wide awake. 1
- adverb wider away from or to one side of a point, mark, purpose, or the like; aside; astray: The shot went wide. 1
- adverb wider over an extensive space or region, or far abroad: scattered far and wide. 1
- adverb wider to a great, or relatively great, extent from side to side: The river runs wide here. 1
- noun wider Cricket. a bowled ball that goes wide of the wicket, and counts as a run for the side batting. 1
- noun wider Archaic. a wide space or expanse. 1
- noun wider Comparative form of wide. 1