The Meaning of broad

• (superl.) Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
• (superl.) Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
• (superl.) Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
• (superl.) Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; -- applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.
• (superl.) Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
• (superl.) Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
• (superl.) Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
• (superl.) Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
• (superl.) Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
• (superl.) Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
• (n.) The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
• (n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
• (n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

Synonyms

Wide , extensive , expansive , ample , liberal , comprehensive , unreserved , indelicate , coarse , generic.

Antonyms

Narrow , restricted , confined , limited , bigoted , prejudiced , illiberal , narrow-minded , reserved , veiled , enigmatical , shrouded , shaded , refined , delicate , sketchy , specific , pointed.

Homophones

braud , braude

Rhymes

abad , abroad , applaud , arthropod , assad , aud , awad , awed , ayyad , baade , backboard , ballade , baud , bawd , belgrade , bershad , brachiopod , braud , braude , brod , cephalopod , claud , claude , clawed , cod , codd , defraud , dodd , elrod , escalade , esplanade , facade , fahd , flawed , fraud , girod , glaude , glod , gnawed , god , goldenrod , hodde , jawed , laud , laude , maraud , maud , maude , mod , mossad , natividad , nod , novgorod , odd , peapod , pernod , petard , plod , pod , prod , prodd , quad , raad , rachad , ramrod , rashad , riad , riyad , riyadh , rod , rodd , roughshod , saad , saud , schaad , scrod , shod , slipshod , sod , squad , thawed , tightwad , tod , todd , tripod , trod , wad