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Wideness

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

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Broader term 4

Bigness 76% connected

The state or quality of being big; largeness; size; bulk.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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

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

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Largeness 76% connected

The quality or state of being large.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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 3

Enormity 76% connected

The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Heaviness 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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 4

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

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Wide 74% connected

Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wide 74% connected

Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Broadness 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enormousness 92% connected

The state of being enormous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grandness 92% connected

Grandeur.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Greatness 92% connected

The state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.

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.

Immenseness 92% connected

The state of being immense.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Immensity 92% connected

The state or quality of being immense; inlimited or immeasurable extension; infinity; vastness in extent or bulk; greatness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vastness 92% connected

The quality or state of being vast.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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