"wider" in the adjective sense
1. 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"
2. across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, 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"
3. wide-eyed, wide
used of eyes) fully open or extended
"stared with wide eyes"
4. broad, spacious, wide
very large in expanse or scope
"a broad lawn"
"the wide plains"
"a spacious view"
"spacious skies"
5. wide
great in degree
"won by a wide margin"
6. wide, wide-cut, full
having ample fabric
"the current taste for wide trousers"
"a full skirt"
7. wide, wide of the mark
not on target
"the kick was wide"
"the arrow was wide of the mark"
"a claim that was wide of the truth"
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