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Adjective broad has 8 senses
- wide, broad - 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"
- across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide - 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"
Antonyms: noncomprehensive, incomprehensive (indirect, via comprehensive)
- broad, unspecific - not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"
Antonym: specific (indirect, via general, nonspecific)
- broad, unsubtle - lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"
Antonym: unclear (indirect, via clear)
- broad, full - being at a peak or culminating point; "broad day"; "full summer"; "high noon"
Antonym: low (indirect, via high)
- broad, spacious, wide - very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
Antonyms: small, little (indirect, via large, big)
Antonyms: small, little (indirect, via large, big)
- broad - (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad southern accent"
Antonym: unnoticeable (indirect, via noticeable)
- broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant - showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
Antonyms: narrow-minded, narrow (indirect, via broad-minded)
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