Synonyms for breadth
brɛdθ, brɛtθ, brɛθbreadth

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1. breadthnoun

   The extent or measure of how broad or wide something is.

   Synonyms:
   width

2. breadthnoun

   Scope or range, especially of knowledge or skill.

   Synonyms:
   range, scope, extent, size

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1. breadth, comprehensiveness, largenessnoun

   the capacity to understand a broad range of topics

   "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"; "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views"

   Synonyms:
   width, largeness, comprehensiveness, pretentiousness, pretension, extensiveness, bigness, fullness

2. width, breadthnoun

   the extent of something from side to side

   Synonyms:
   largeness, width, comprehensiveness

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1. • Dimension
   • Intelligence

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1. breadthnoun

   Synonyms:
   width

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1. breadthnoun

   Synonyms:
   width, latitude, liberality, tolerance, catholicity

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1. List of paraphrases for "breadth":

   width, extent, scope, magnitude, amplitude, scale, range, comprehensiveness, extensiveness, broadness

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How to use breadth in a sentence?

1. Thomas Vinje:

   Never has a competition case brought together such a geographical or industrial breadth of concerned parties. There's just never been anything like it, probably never has any company exerted so much power on so many key markets.

2. Peter Kucik:

   There is a lot of breadth to authorize things more broadly than they’ve been authorized, provided that the broad (legislative) contours are adhered to.

3. Alex Neill:

   Short of launching a shock and awe campaign which would be overwhelming in its breadth and scale there's not a lot else the US and its allies can do other than tighten the constrictor grip on the North.

4. Cook County:

   The very nature of this, it’s always going to be a bit of a long shot given the people that he targeted and the breadth of his killing, when we began this endeavor we were hopeful but not nave.

5. Matthew Myers:

   He made proposals that were unprecedented in their breadth, scope and, if they were adopted, likely impact, but they were just proposals.