Need another word that means the same as “widespread”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “widespread” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Widespread” are: far-flung, general, extensive, universal, common, global, worldwide, international, omnipresent, ubiquitous, wholesale, all-embracing, all-inclusive, all-round, predominant, prevalent, rife, broad, blanket, sweeping, rampant, catholic, inescapable, pervasive, permeating, epidemic
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “widespread” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
all-embracing | Broad in scope or content- T.G.Winner. |
all-inclusive | Broad in scope or content- T.G.Winner. |
all-round | Many-sided. |
blanket | Broad in scope or content- T.G.Winner. A blanket ban on tobacco advertising. |
broad | Broad in scope or content T G Winner. A broad political stance. |
catholic | Including a wide variety of things; all-embracing. Her tastes are pretty catholic. |
common | Common to or shared by two or more parties. Common assault. |
epidemic | Of the nature of an epidemic. Epidemic diseases. |
extensive | Covering or affecting a large area. They suffered extensive damage. |
far-flung | Remote. |
general | Prevailing among and common to the general public. A general description of the merchandise. |
global | Relating to or encompassing the whole of something, or of a group of things. Give students a global picture of what is involved in the task. |
inescapable | Impossible to avoid or evade. They came to the inescapable conclusion that he was responsible. |
international | Agreed on by all or many nations. A violation of international law. |
omnipresent | Being present everywhere at once. The omnipresent threat of natural disasters. |
permeating | Spreading or spread throughout. |
pervasive | Spreading or spread throughout. An error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion. |
predominant | Most frequent or common. The predominant mood among policy makers is optimism. |
prevalent | Widespread in a particular area or at a particular time. The social ills prevalent in society today. |
rampant | Having a lush and unchecked growth. A lion rampant. |
rife | (especially of something undesirable) of common occurrence; widespread. Male chauvinism was rife in medicine. |
sweeping | Ignoring distinctions. Sweeping desolate moorlands. |
ubiquitous | Being present everywhere at once. His ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family. |
universal | Adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations. Universal experience. |
wholesale | Done on a large scale; extensive. The wholesale destruction of these animals by poachers. |
worldwide | Of worldwide scope or applicability. Of worldwide significance. |
banality | A trite or obvious remark. There is an essential banality to the story he tells. |
bromide | A sedative preparation containing potassium bromide. Feel good bromides create the illusion of problem solving. |
cliche | A trite or obvious remark. |
common | Common sense. The common or vernacular name. |
commonplace | A notable passage in a work copied into a commonplace book. Bombing has become almost a commonplace of public life there. |
comprehensive | A comprehensive school. He trained as an accountant after leaving the local comprehensive. |
cosmopolitan | A cosmopolitan person. That queer cosmopolitan rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks. |
countrywide | Occurring or extending throughout a country or nation. A countrywide tour. |
distributed | (of a computer system) spread over several machines, especially over a network. A distributed system. |
distributive | A distributive word. The distributive effects of public expenditure. |
everywhere | To or in any or all places; (`everyplace’ is used informally fo. He carried a gun everywhere he went. |
extensive | Large in amount or scale. An extensive Roman settlement in northwest England. |
general | Prevailing among and common to the general public. It is not general practice to confirm or deny such reports. |
generic | A consumer product having no brand name or registered trademark. The generic name. |
hackneyed | (of a phrase or idea) having been overused; unoriginal and trite. Hackneyed old sayings. |
immanent | Of a mental act performed entirely within the mind. The protection of liberties is immanent in constitutional arrangements. |
invasive | Tending to spread very quickly and undesirably or harmfully. The sound of the piano was invasive. |
omnipresent | (of God) present everywhere at the same time. The omnipresent threat of natural disasters. |
pervade | (especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of. A smell of stale cabbage pervaded the air. |
pervasive | Spreading or spread throughout. The pervasive odor of garlic. |
prevail | Prove more powerful or superior. It is hard for logic to prevail over emotion. |
prevalent | Predominant; powerful. The social ills prevalent in society today. |
publicity | A message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution. We distributed publicity from a stall in the marketplace. |
spread | Cover by spreading something over. He spread fertilizer over the lawn. |
spreading | Act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time. |
sweeping | Dirt or refuse collected by sweeping. We cannot recommend any sweeping alterations. |
typical | Representative as a symbol; symbolic. He brushed the incident aside with typical good humour. |
ubiquitous | Present, appearing, or found everywhere. Cowboy hats are ubiquitous among the male singers. |
ubiquity | The state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once. The growing ubiquity of advertising. |
unexceptional | Not out of the ordinary; usual. An unexceptional movie. |
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