wide spaces

Broad, unoccupied stretches

Wide spaces refers to expansive, open areas with considerable distance between features or boundaries.

The phrase often evokes landscapes—plains, deserts, open sky—where emptiness dominates: the wide spaces of the American West.

In design and typography, wide spaces means generous gaps between elements.

The term carries connotations of freedom, isolation, or room to breathe: She needed the wide spaces to clear her head.

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open range · desert · sky · plains · endless · boundless · sprawling · sweeping · panorama · expanse · rolling hills · sea of grass · emptiness · freedom · room to breathe · breath · stretch · great outdoors

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Opposites
spatial extent

wide spacescramped quarters

Insufficiently spacious living area

tight spaces · narrow spaces · confined spaces · small spaces · enclosed spaces

psychological/experiential quality

wide spacesconfinement

State of being restricted

imprisonment · crowded spaces · congestion · overcrowding

enclosure and confinement

wide spacesenclosed spaces

Areas with boundaries

prison cells · closets · crawl spaces · cubicles · cages

Family

wide, space, widen, wider, widest, widely, width, wideness, spaces

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G