BROAD
Dictionary entry overview: What does broad mean?
• BROAD (noun)
The noun BROAD has 1 sense:
1. slang term for a woman
Familiarity information: BROAD used as a noun is very rare.
• BROAD (adjective)
The adjective BROAD has 8 senses:
1. having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
2. broad in scope or content
3. not detailed or specific
4. lacking subtlety; obvious
5. being at a peak or culminating point
6. very large in expanse or scope
7. (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
8. showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
Familiarity information: BROAD used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
• BROAD (noun)
Meaning:
Slang term for a woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch
Hypernyms ("broad" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
• BROAD (adjective)
Meaning:
Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
Synonyms:
broad; wide
Context examples:
wide roads / a wide necktie / wide margins / three feet wide / a river two miles broad / broad shoulders / a broad river
Similar:
sweeping (taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination)
fanlike (resembling a fan)
deep (extending relatively far inward)
broad-brimmed ((of hats) having a broad brim)
bird's-eye; panoramic (as from an altitude or distance)
beamy (broad in the beam)
wide-screen ((motion pictures) projected on a screen with much greater width than height)
Also:
thick (not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions)
comprehensive (including all or everything)
Attribute:
breadth; width (the extent of something from side to side)
Meaning:
Broad in scope or content
Synonyms:
encompassing; blanket; all-inclusive; all-encompassing; all-embracing; across-the-board; broad; extensive; panoptic; wide
Context examples:
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 / granted him wide powers
Similar:
comprehensive (including all or everything)
Meaning:
Not detailed or specific
Synonyms:
unspecific; broad
Context examples:
a broad rule / the broad outlines of the plan / felt an unspecific dread
Similar:
general (applying to all or most members of a category or group)
Meaning:
Lacking subtlety; obvious
Synonyms:
unsubtle; broad
Context example:
gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave
Similar:
clear (clear to the mind)
Meaning:
Being at a peak or culminating point
Synonyms:
broad; full
Context examples:
broad day / full summer
Similar:
high (greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount)
Meaning:
Very large in expanse or scope
Synonyms:
spacious; wide; broad
Context examples:
a broad lawn / the wide plains / a spacious view / spacious skies
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Meaning:
(of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
Context example:
a broad southern accent
Similar:
noticeable (capable or worthy of being perceived)
Meaning:
Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
Synonyms:
large-minded; liberal; tolerant; broad
Context examples:
a broad political stance / generous and broad sympathies / a liberal newspaper / tolerant of his opponent's opinions
Similar:
broad-minded (inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own)
