wide-open
Fully spread apart
Wide-open describes something fully open or exposed, with no barriers or restrictions: The door stood wide-open.
It often suggests vulnerability or opportunity: The race is wide-open, meaning anyone could win.
A wide-open space lacks cover or obstruction.
In American history, a wide-open town was one where vice laws went unenforced—gambling, prostitution, and saloons operated freely.
Extremely great in size
- expansiveCovering a large area
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
- sprawlingSpread irregularly outward
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
prairie · plains · steppe · outback · savanna · tundra · desert · panoramic
Open to attack
- exposedOut in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- unguardedWithout protection or caution
- unshieldedLacking protective barrier
susceptible · at-risk · bare · uncovered · undefended · accessible · penetrable · insecure
Wide open, agape
- yawningOpening mouth when tired
- cavernousVast and hollow
- stretchedPulled to lengthen
- unhingedMentally or emotionally unstable
slack-jawed · astonished · shocked · stunned · amazed · dumbfounded · awestruck · agog
Without bounds or restrictions
- freeWithout payment or restriction
- unregulatedNot controlled by rules
- unboundedHaving no limits
- unconstrainedHaving no restrictions
permissive · liberal · deregulated · laissez-faire · unrestricted · uncontrolled · freewheeling · no-holds-barred
Not having chosen
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- toss-upOutcome with equal chances
- contestedArgued against, disputed
- competitiveDriven by rivalry
unsettled · unclear · battleground · swing · deadlocked · fluid · volatile · tight
vast
Extremely great in size
- expansiveCovering a large area
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
- sprawlingSpread irregularly outward
horizon · prairie · plains · steppe · outback · savanna · tundra · desert · panoramic · unobstructed
vulnerable
Open to attack
- exposedOut in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- unguardedWithout protection or caution
unshielded · susceptible · at-risk · bare · uncovered · undefended · accessible · penetrable · insecure · unsafe
gaping
Wide open, agape
unhinged · slack-jawed · astonished · shocked · stunned · amazed · dumbfounded · awestruck · agog · flabbergasted
unlimited
Without bounds or restrictions
- freeWithout payment or restriction
- unregulatedNot controlled by rules
- unboundedHaving no limits
unconstrained · permissive · liberal · deregulated · laissez-faire · unrestricted · uncontrolled · freewheeling · no-holds-barred · loosened
undecided
Not having chosen
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- toss-upOutcome with equal chances
- contestedArgued against, disputed
competitive · unsettled · unclear · battleground · swing · deadlocked · fluid · volatile · tight · suspenseful
wide-openenclosed
Surrounded and sealed within
confined · cramped · claustrophobic · hemmed-in · boxed-in
wide-openforegone conclusion
Result assumed beforehand
decided · settled · sewn up · locked up · predetermined
wide, open, widely, wider, widest, widen, widened, widening, wideness