Synonyms for widespread
ˈwaɪdˈsprɛdwide·spread

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1. widespreadadjective

   Synonyms:
   extensive, pervasive, prevalent

   Antonyms:
   limited

2. widespreadadjective

   Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent.

   Synonyms:
   extensive, pervasive, prevalent

   Antonyms:
   limited

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1. widespreadadjective

   widely circulated or diffused

   "a widespread doctrine"; "widespread fear of nuclear war"

   Synonyms:
   far-flung

   Antonyms:
   specific, concentrated

2. far-flung, widespreadadjective

   distributed over a considerable extent

   "far-flung trading operations"; "the West's far-flung mountain ranges"; "widespread nuclear fallout"

   Synonyms:
   far-flung

   Antonyms:
   specific, concentrated

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1. widespreadadjective

   Synonyms:
   prevalent, extended, extensive

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1. List of paraphrases for "widespread":

   generalized, generalised, pervasive, broad, prevalent, extensive, wide, large-scale, rife, wide-ranging, rampant, extended, ubiquitous, universal, general, broad-based, massive, common, across-the-board, wide-spread, widely, comprehensive, extensively, wide-range, wide-scale, endemic, vast, commonplace, prevailing

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1. Mary Jackson:

   Even 150 miles inland, we had 80 mile-an-hour winds, days without power, widespread devastation and months of clean up.

2. Michael Hallowes:

   The ability to remotely monitor and manage the human impacts of this coronavirus through data our mobile phones naturally generate and operator networks process lawfully everyday has got to be of great utility to protecting our key workers from having to encounter people in breach, as well was giving us the analysis in real time of how widespread the infection is.

3. Jeffrey Duchin:

   At this point we do not have widespread community-wide transmission locally. We have transmission that's associated with an outbreak at this long-term care facility.

4. Raffi Boyadijian:

   The strongest explanation (for the yen's decline) is a widespread selling by Japanese asset managers amid growing fears about the health of Japan's economy.

5. Sigmund Freud:

   The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief.