BROAD

broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant

(adjective) showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; “a broad political stance”; “generous and broad sympathies”; “a liberal newspaper”; “tolerant of his opponent’s opinions”

broad, unsubtle

(adjective) lacking subtlety; obvious; “gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave”

blanket, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, across-the-board, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide

(adjective) broad in scope or content; “across-the-board pay increases”; “an all-embracing definition”; “blanket sanctions against human-rights violators”; “an invention with broad applications”; “a panoptic study of Soviet nationality”- T.G.Winner; “granted him wide powers”

broad, unspecific

(adjective) not detailed or specific; “a broad rule”; “the broad outlines of the plan”; “felt an unspecific dread”

broad

(adjective) (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; “a broad southern accent”

broad, spacious, wide

(adjective) very large in expanse or scope; “a broad lawn”; “the wide plains”; “a spacious view”; “spacious skies”

wide, broad

(adjective) having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; “wide roads”; “a wide necktie”; “wide margins”; “three feet wide”; “a river two miles broad”; “broad shoulders”; “a broad river”

broad

(noun) slang term for a woman; “a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Adjective

broad (comparative broader, superlative broadest)

Wide in extent or scope.

Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.

Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.

Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.

Plain; evident.

(writing) Unsubtle; obvious.

Free; unrestrained; unconfined.

(dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate.

(of an accent) Strongly regional.

(Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.

Antonyms

• (wide—regarding occupied space, width of an object): thin, narrow

• (wide—regarding body width): skinny

• (comprehensive): all-encompassing; see also comprehensive

• (not palatalized): slender

Noun

broad (plural broads)

(UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.

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

(UK, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.

Etymology 2

Noun

broad (plural broads)

(dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.

(US, colloquial, slang, sometimes, dated, pejorative) A woman or girl.

Synonyms

• See also prostitute

• See also woman

• See also girl

Anagrams

• Bardo, Board, Borda, Broda, Dobra, abord, adorb, bardo, board, dobra

Proper noun

Broad (plural Broads)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Broad is the 15104^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1953 individuals. Broad is most common among White (89.86%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Bardo, Board, Borda, Broda, Dobra, abord, adorb, bardo, board, dobra

Source: Wiktionary

Broad, a. [Compar. Broader; superl. Broadest.] Etym: [OE. brod, brad, AS. brad; akin to OS. bred, D. breed, G. breit, Icel. brei, Sw. & Dan. bred, Goth. braids. Cf. Breadth.]

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

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

3. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full. "Broad and open day." Bp. Porteus.

4. 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. A broad mixture of falsehood. Locke.

Note: Hence: -

5. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged. The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case. D. Daggett. In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. E. Everett.

6. Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.

7. Free; unrestrained; unconfined. As broad and general as the casing air. Shak.

8. (Fine Arts)

Definition: Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.

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

10. Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.

Note: Broad is often used in compounds to signify wide, large, etc.; as, broad-chested, broad-shouldered, broad-spreading, broad-winged. Broad acres. See under Acre.

– Broad arrow, originally a pheon. See Pheon, and Broad arrow under Arrow.

– As broad as long, having the length equal to the breadth; hence, the same one way as another; coming to the same result by different ways or processes. It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them. L'Estrange. Broad pennant. See under Pennant.

Syn.

– Wide; large; ample; expanded; spacious; roomy; extensive; vast; comprehensive; liberal.

Broad, n.

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

2. The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen. [Local, Eng.] Southey.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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