WIDESPREAD Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word widespread. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for WIDESPREAD
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extensive | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor adjective satellite • large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity • broad in scope or content | ||||||||
pervasive | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • spreading or spread throughout | ||||||||
prevalent | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • most frequent or common | ||||||||
universal | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages • (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class • a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings • coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions adjective satellite • of worldwide scope or applicability • applicable to or common to all members of a group or set • adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations | ||||||||
all-encompassing | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • broad in scope or content | ||||||||
common | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public • having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual noun • a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area adjective satellite • common to or shared by two or more parties • commonly encountered • being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language • of or associated with the great masses of people • of low or inferior quality or value • lacking refinement or cultivation or taste • to be expected; standard | ||||||||
expansive | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion adjective satellite • of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope • marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur • friendly and open and willing to talk | ||||||||
general | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • applying to all or most members of a category or group • affecting the entire body noun • a general officer of the highest rank • the head of a religious order or congregation • a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular) adjective satellite • not specialized or limited to one class of things • prevailing among and common to the general public • somewhat indefinite • of worldwide scope or applicability verb • command as a general | ||||||||
wide-ranging | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • including much • widely different | ||||||||
far-flung | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • distributed over a considerable extent • remote | ||||||||
ubiquitous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • being present everywhere at once |