broad

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”

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”

not detailed or specific

• “a broad rule”
• “the broad outlines of the plan”
• “felt an unspecific dread”

lacking subtlety; obvious

• “gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave”

being at a peak or culminating point

• “broad day”
• “full summer”
• “high noon”

very large in expanse or scope

• “a broad lawn”
• “the wide plains”
• “a spacious view”
• “spacious skies”

(of speech) heavily and noticeably regional

• “a broad southern accent”

showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

• “a broad political stance”
• “generous and broad sympathies”
• “a liberal newspaper”
• “tolerant of his opponent”

slang term for a woman

• “a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch”