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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

widely or universally distributed across an area;

e.g. The use of smartphones has become widespread in much of the world.

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Similar Words

Broad

Broadscale

Deep

Expansive

Extended

Extensive

Far-flung

Far-reaching

Overarching

Pervasive

Published

Rangy

Sweeping

Wholesale

Wide

Wide-ranging

Worldwide

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Opposite Words

Backstage

Behind-the-scenes

Closeted

Confidential

Conspiratorial

Esoteric

Hush-hush

Idiomatic

Individual

Inside

Intimate

Limited

Narrow

Nonpublic

Off-screen

Offstage

Peculiar

Personal

Private

Privy

Restricted

Secret

Sectional

Self-directed

Separate

Singular

Subjective

The

Unadvertised

Unannounced

Undisclosed

Unique

Unmentioned

Unsaid

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Related Words

Accessible

Across-the-board

Available

Blanket

Boundless

Broad-brush

Capacious

Commodious

Common

Commoner

Comprehensive

Conventional

Current

Customary

Endless

General

Generic

Global

Going

Inclusive

Infinite

Majority

Omnipresent

Open

Overall

Pervasive

Popular

Prevalent

Public

Received

Roomy

Ruling

Spacious

Standard

Stock

The

Ubiquitous

Universal

Unlimited

Usual

Wall-to-wall

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