- 1
Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
- widespread belief
- widespread criticism
- 2
Spread far apart.uncommon
- Women with knee-length silk stockings, sitting with widespread legs on sunwashed green benches
syn. extensive · pervasive · prevalent · ubiquitous · universal · common · disseminated · far-flung · predominant · prevailing · regnant · rife
ant. limited · contained · endemic · few and far between · focused · rare · uncommon