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wide-ranging

[wahyd-reyn-jing] / ˈwaɪdˈreɪn dʒɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
all-round
Synonyms
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all-around comprehensive extensive global
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all-inclusive broad broad-spectrum expansive extended far-reaching inclusive overall sweeping wide-reaching widespread
Antonyms
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limited
ADJECTIVE
blanket
Synonyms
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absolute across-the-board sweeping unconditional
STRONG
overall
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all-inclusive powerful
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conditional limited
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incomplete uncomprehensive
ADJECTIVE
broad
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comprehensive expansive extensive far-reaching sweeping universal wide
STRONG
general
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all-embracing all-inclusive copious encyclopedic extended far-flung inclusive nonspecific scopic ubiquitous undetailed unlimited widespread
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exclusive narrow particular
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close-minded restricted small small-minded
ADJECTIVE
broad-spectrum
Synonyms
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all-around all-round broad comprehensive extended extensive far-ranging far-reaching global inclusive large overall sweeping widespread
ADJECTIVE
eclectic
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broad diverse varied
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catholic liberal universal
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all-embracing assorted dilettantish diversified heterogeneous inclusive many-sided mingled mixed multifarious multiform selective
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like similar
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narrow narrow-minded
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incomprehensive particular specific unvaried
ADJECTIVE
encyclopedic
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exhaustive extensive thorough vast
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all-embracing all-encompassing all-inclusive broad catholic complete discursive general thorough-going universal widespread
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limited narrow
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brief incomplete summary uncomprehensive
ADJECTIVE
epidemic
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contagious endemic infectious
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catching general pandemic sweeping
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communicable prevailing prevalent rampant rife
Antonyms
WEAK
limited
ADJECTIVE
expansive
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extensive far-reaching inclusive
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all-embracing ample big dilatant elastic expanding expansile great large scopic scopious stretching thorough unrepressed unsuppressed voluminous wide widespread
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narrow
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limited quiet reserved silent
ADJECTIVE
extensive
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broad comprehensive considerable expanded huge large large-scale lengthy major pervasive protracted sweeping vast voluminous
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across the board all-encompassing all-inclusive big blanket boundless capacious commodious comprising extended far-flung general great hefty inclusive indiscriminate long prevalent roomy scopic scopious sizable spacious unexclusive universal unrestricted wall-to-wall wholesale wide widespread
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exclusive insignificant limited little miniature narrow slight small tiny unimportant
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restricted short uncomprehensive
ADJECTIVE
far-flung
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distant extensive global remote
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comprehensive far-extending far-going far-reaching far-spread far-stretched long spacious wide-extending wide-reaching wide-stretching widely distributed widespread without end
Antonyms
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close friendly limited near nearby warm
ADJECTIVE
full-scale
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comprehensive exhaustive extensive full-blown in-depth sweeping thorough
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all-encompassing full dress full-out major proper thoroughgoing total unlimited
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exclusive narrow partial
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incomplete incomprehensive
ADJECTIVE
panoramic
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scenic
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all-around all-embracing all-encompassing all-inclusive bird's-eye blanket broad complete comprehensive far-reaching full panned
ADJECTIVE
wholesale
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extensive indiscriminate large-scale sweeping
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broad bulk complete comprehensive general mass overall total
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far-reaching in bulk in quantity in the mass quantitative widespread
Antonyms
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narrow
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incomplete particular specific unfinished
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part partial retail

Example Sentences

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Our critic said that most of the show “is devoted to works made between 1951 and 1966, offering a compendium of wide-ranging approaches and occasional surprises.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

No, the opposition toward the candidate is viciously intense, shockingly manifold, and wide-ranging to the point of sounding almost existential.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz remains one of the world’s most strategically important chokepoints, and any sustained disruption could have wide-ranging economic and geopolitical consequences.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

Soon after the calamity, he announced wide-ranging financial help to those who had lost their loved ones, properties and businesses.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

And most native societies in what is now the United States and Canada did not have the written languages, monumental architecture, or wide-ranging aesthetic traditions of their neighbors to the south.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann