
adjective, wid·er, wid·est.
- having considerable or great extent from side to side; broad: a wide boulevard.
- having a certain or specified extent from side to side: three feet wide.
- of great horizontal extent; extensive; vast; spacious: the wide plains of the West.
- of great range or scope; embracing a great number or variety of subjects, cases, etc.: wide experience.
- open to the full or a great extent; expanded; distended: to stare with wide eyes.
- apart or remote from a specified point or object: a guess wide of the truth.
- too far or too much to one side: a shot wide of the mark.
- Baseball. outside(def 16): The pitch was wide of the plate.
- full, ample, or roomy, as clothing: He wore wide, flowing robes.
- Phonetics. lax(def 7).
- British Slang. shrewd; wary.