wideness

How far across

Wideness is the quality or state of being wide—the extent of something from side to side.

It overlaps almost entirely with width, though wideness emphasizes the quality while width tends toward measurement: the wideness of his smile versus the width of the doorframe.

Wideness can suggest spaciousness or expansiveness: the wideness of the open plains.

physical

breadth

Extent across something

  • broadnessExtent across something
  • spanDistance between endpoints
  • girthMeasurement around something

diameter · beam · expanse · stretch · spread · extensiveness · spaciousness · amplitude · dimension · measurement

scale

vastness

State of being immense

expansiveness · boundlessness · limitlessness · infinity · grandeur · scope · range · sweep · extent · reach

openness

broad-mindedness

Openness to differing views

receptiveness · liberality · acceptance · catholicity · eclecticism · comprehensiveness · latitude · flexibility

Categories
Opposites
horizontal extent

widenessnarrowness

Confined width quality

thinness · slimness · slenderness · constriction · tightness

dimensional orientation

widenessdepth

Distance below surface

length · height · tallness · thickness

Family

widened, unwidened

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