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  • 21widespread — adjective widespread starvation Syn: general, extensive, universal, common, global, worldwide, international, omnipresent, ubiquitous, across the board, blanket, sweeping, wholesale; predominant, prevalent, rife, broad, rampant …

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  • 22widespread — wide•spread [[t]ˈwaɪdˈsprɛd[/t]] adj. 1) spread over a wide area 2) occurring in many places or among many persons: widespread poverty[/ex] …

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  • 23widespread — adjective Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent. Syn: extensive, pervasive, prevalent Ant: limited …

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  • 24widespread — Synonyms and related words: accepted, ample, amplitudinous, broad, broadcast, capacious, commodious, conformable, consuetudinary, conventional, current, customary, deep, deltoid, diffuse, discrete, dispersed, dispread, disseminated, dissipated,… …

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  • 25widespread — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. general, common, rife, universal, prevalent; ubiquitous; extensive, inclusive, all embracing; global. See generality, dispersion, expansion. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. extensive, general, sweeping …

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  • 26widespread — adj. common, popular, extensive, prevalent; spread out over a large area …

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  • 27widespread opposition — great disagreement …

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  • 28widespread — adjective spread among a large number or over a large area …

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  • 29widespread — adjective Syn: general, extensive, universal, common, global, worldwide, omnipresent, ubiquitous, across the board, predominant, prevalent, rife, broad Ant: limited …

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  • 30widespread — /ˈwaɪdsprɛd / (say wuydspred) adjective 1. spread over or occupying a wide space. 2. distributed over a wide region, or occurring in many places or among many persons or individuals. Also, widespreading …