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widespread
- /ˌwaɪdˈspɹɛd/
- /ˈwaɪdˌspɹɛd/
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From wide + spread.
adjective more widespread · widerspread · most widespread · widestspread · wide-spread
- Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused. widespread belief
- Spread far apart. Women with knee-length silk stockings, sitting with widespread legs on sunwashed green benches
Similar: extensive, pervasive, prevalent, ubiquitous, universal, common, disseminated, far-flung, predominant, prevailing, regnant, rife, spread out, systemic, widespread · Opposite: limited, contained, endemic, few and far between, focused, rare, uncommon
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: general, far-flung, distributed, wide-ranging, comprehensive, across-the-board, far-reaching, broad-based, overall, all-embracing, widely, expansive, broadly, broad, prevalence, extensively
adjective
Similar: extensive, pervasive, prevalent, ubiquitous, universal, common, disseminated, far-flung, predominant, prevailing, regnant, rife, spread out, systemic, widespread · Opposite: limited, contained, endemic, few and far between, focused, rare, uncommon
Translations
Every language
adj affecting a large area
| Español | amplio, común, extendido, extenso, generalizado, masivo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 廣泛 /广泛 guǎngfàn |
| Português | difuso, difundido, amplo, generalizado, lato |
| Français | répandu, généralisé |
| Deutsch | weitläufig, weitverbreitet, weit verstreut |
| Italiano | ampio, diffuso, esteso |
| Ελληνικά | διαδεδομένος diadedoménos |
| Română | răspândit, extins |
| Русский | широко́ распространённый širokó rasprostranjónnyj, распространённый rasprostranjónnyj |
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title = {widespread},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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