broad
slang term for a woman
- a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch
• Hypernyms:
woman, adult female
1. having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other (Freq. 14)
- wide roads
- a wide necktie
- wide margins
- three feet wide
- a river two miles broad
- broad shoulders
- a broad river
• Syn:
wide
• Ant:
narrow (for: wide)
• Similar to:
beamy, bird's-eye, panoramic, broad-brimmed, deep,
fanlike, sweeping, wide-screen
• See Also:
comprehensive, thick
• Derivationally related forms:
broadness, wideness (for: wide)
• Attrubites:
width, breadth
2. broad in scope or content (Freq. 12)
- 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
• Syn:
across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket,
encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide
• Similar to:
comprehensive
• Derivationally related forms:
wideness (for: wide), extensiveness (for: extensive)
3. not detailed or specific (Freq. 5)
- a broad rule
- the broad outlines of the plan
- felt an unspecific dread
• Syn:
unspecific
• Similar to:
general
4. lacking subtlety;
obvious (Freq. 2)
- gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave
• Syn:
unsubtle
• Similar to:
clear
5. being at a peak or culminating point (Freq. 1)
- broad daylight
- full summer
• Syn:
full
• Similar to:
high
6. very large in expanse or scope
- a broad lawn
- the wide plains
- a spacious view
- spacious skies
• Syn:
spacious, wide
• Similar to:
large, big
• Derivationally related forms:
wideness (for: wide), spaciousness (for: spacious), broadness
7. (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
- a broad southern accent
• Similar to:
noticeable
8. showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
- a broad political stance
- generous and broad sympathies
- a liberal newspaper
- tolerant of his opponent's opinions
• Syn:
large-minded, liberal, tolerant
• Similar to:
broad-minded
• Derivationally related forms:
tolerate (for: tolerant), liberalness (for: liberal)
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