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WIDESPREAD Synonyms

There are 11 synonyms of the word widespread. (exact relations)
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

Best Hypernyms For WIDESPREAD

Here is a list of related hypernyms for widespread, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (4)
common general prevailing universal

Alternatives for EXTENSIVE

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