Definition of Broad

Noun

• slang term for a woman
  "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"
  

Adjective

• showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
  "a broad political stance"
  "generous and broad sympathies"
  "a liberal newspaper"
  "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
  - large minded liberal tolerant
• (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
  "a broad southern accent"
  
• very large in expanse or scope
  "a broad lawn"
  "the wide plains"
  "a spacious view"
  "spacious skies"
  spacious wide
• being at a peak or culminating point
  "broad daylight"
  "full summer"
  full
• lacking subtlety
  obvious
  "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"
  unsubtle
• not detailed or specific
  "a broad rule"
  "the broad outlines of the plan"
  "felt an unspecific dread"
  unspecific
• broad in scope or content
  "across-the-board pay increases"
  "an all-embracing definition"
  "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"
  "an invention with broad applications"
  "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner
  "granted him wide powers"
  - across the board - all embracing - all encompassing - all inclusive blanket encompassing extensive panoptic wide
• having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
  "wide roads"
  "a wide necktie"
  "wide margins"
  "three feet wide"
  "a river two miles broad"
  "broad shoulders"
  "a broad river"
  wide

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