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. Tim Grimes:

   The Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act ushered in an era of widespread rebellion and crime, there was still high demand for alcohol, but no supply.

2. Zheng Lianghai:

   We're seeing an escalation of the debt problems, but so far, the problem is still sporadic, rather than widespread, and is limited to mainly industries suffering from overcapacity and cyclical weakness.

3. Livia Firth:

   Most of the time they delegate responsibilities on factory owners so that they don't have to be in charge directly, which is what has allowed modern day slavery to be so widespread.

4. Matt Smith:

   These guys were already in pain. Now we are going to start to see bankruptcies, perhaps widespread.

5. Florida Senator Marco Rubio:

   We should not be discussing in a widespread way the exact tactics that we're going to use because that allows terrorists to know to practice how to evade us.