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Broadness

The condition or quality of being broad; breadth; coarseness; grossness.

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Broader term 2

Breadth 76% connected

Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Width 76% connected

The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Narrower term 2

Heaviness 76% connected

The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Thickness 76% connected

The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Broad 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Broad 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 1

Wideness 92% connected

The quality or state of being wide; breadth; width; great extent from side to side; as, the wideness of a room.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Antonym 2

Narrowness 94% connected

The condition or quality of being narrow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrowness 94% connected

The condition or quality of being narrow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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