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Showing words for BROAD using the English dictionary

5 Letter Words for Broad

abord, bardo, board, broad, dobra, dorab

4 Letter Words for Broad

abor, ador, bard, boar, bora, bord, brad, brod, darb, doab, dora, drab, orad, raob, road

3 Letter Words for Broad

abd, abo, abr, ado, aob, aor, arb, ard, bad, bar, boa, bod, bor, bra, bro, dab, dao, dar, doa, dob, dor, oad, oar, oba, oda, ora, orb, ord, rab, rad, rob, rod

Definitions for Broad

[1] of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
[2] measured from side to side: The desk was three feet broad.
[3] of great extent; large: the broad expanse of ocean.
[4] widely diffused; open; full: We awoke to broad daylight.
[5] not limited or narrow; of extensive range or scope: A modern doctor must have a broad knowledge of medicine.
[6] liberal; tolerant: A broad interpretation of the law tempers justice with mercy.
[7] main or general: the broad outlines of a subject.
[8] plain or clear: Her remark was a broad hint of her feelings.
[9] bold; plain-spoken.
[10] indelicate; indecent: He smirked at the broad joke.
[11] (of conversation) rough; countrified.
[12] unconfined; free; unrestrained: It was a hilarious evening of broad mirth.
[13] (of pronunciation) strongly dialectal: He wore kilts and had a broad Scots accent.
[14] Phonetics . (of a transcription) using one basic symbol to represent each phoneme.
[15] broad a, the a- sound [ah] /ɑ/ when used in lieu of the more common a- sound [a] /æ/ in such words as half, can't, and laugh.
[16] fully: He was broad awake.
[17] the broad part of anything.
[18] Slang . Usually Offensive . a term used to refer to a woman. a promiscuous woman.
[19] Often broads. Movies , Television . an incandescent or fluorescent lamp used as a general source of light in a studio.
[20] a gold coin of England and Scotland, issued by James I and Charles I and equal to 20 shillings. Compare carolus, jacobus.
[21] broad on the beam , Nautical . bearing 90° to the heading of a vessel.
[22] broad on the bow , Nautical . bearing 45° to the heading of a vessel.
[23] broad on the quarter , Nautical . bearing 135° to the heading of a vessel.
[24] C(harlie) D(unbar), 1887–1971, English philosopher.
[25] having relatively great breadth or width
[26] of vast extent; spacious a broad plain
[27] (postpositive) from one side to the other four miles broad
[28] of great scope or potential that invention had broad applications
[29] not detailed; general broad plans
[30] clear and open; full (esp in the phrase broad daylight )
[31] obvious or plain broad hints
[32] liberal; tolerant a broad political stance
[33] widely spread; extensive broad support
[34] outspoken or bold a broad manner
[35] vulgar; coarse; indecent a broad joke
[36] unrestrained; free broad laughter
[37] (of a dialect or pronunciation) consisting of a large number of speech sounds characteristic of a particular geographical area a broad Yorkshire accent
[38] finance denoting an assessment of liquidity as including notes and coin in circulation with the public, banks' till money and balances, most private-sector bank deposits, and sterling bank-deposit certificates broad money Compare narrow (def. 7)
[39] phonetics of or relating to a type of pronunciation transcription in which symbols correspond approximately to phonemes without taking account of allophonic variations broad a the long vowel in English words such as father , half , as represented in the received pronunciation of Southern British English
[40] as broad as it is long amounting to the same thing; without advantage either way
[41] the broad part of something
[42] slang , mainly US and Canadian a girl or woman a prostitute
[43] British dialect a river spreading over a lowland See also Broads
[44] East Anglian dialect a shallow lake
[45] a wood-turning tool used for shaping the insides and bottoms of cylinders
[46] widely or fully broad awake

Words related to Broad

expansive, full, generous, deep, large, immense, extensive, vast, wide, comprehensive, universal, far-reaching, sweeping, wide-ranging, clear, explicit, straightforward, radical, thick, squat

Words nearby Broad

brno chair, bro, bro talk, bro., broach, broad, broad arrow, broad bean, broad church, broad construction, broad daylight

Origin of Broad

before 1000; Middle English bro(o)d, Old English brād; cognate with Dutch breed, German breit, Old Norse breithr, Gothic braiths

Other words from Broad

broad·ish , adjective
broad·ly , adverb
o·ver·broad , adjective

Word origin for Broad

Old English brād ; related to Old Norse breithr , Old Frisian brēd , Old High German breit , Gothic braiths

Synonyms for Broad

deep, expansive, extensive, full, generous, immense, large, vast, roomy, splay, squat, thick, ample, capacious, extended, latitudinous, outspread, outstretched, spacious, voluminous, widespread