wideness C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas US /ˈwaɪd.nəs/ UK /ˈwaɪd.nəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the quality of being wide; breadth or extent The sheer wideness of the plain made distances hard to judge. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of being wide;... breadthwidthbroadnessextentamplitudeexpanse ↔ Opposites narrownessthinness Word family Related forms widewidenwidth Etymology AI details From Old English wīdnes ('width, breadth'), from wīd ('wide, broad') + -nes, from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz. wīd Old English *wīdaz Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # wideness **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈwaɪd.nəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈwaɪd.nəs/ ## Meanings 1. the quality of being wide; breadth or extent ## Examples - The sheer wideness of the plain made distances hard to judge. ## Synonyms - breadth - width - broadness - extent - amplitude - expanse ## Antonyms - narrowness - thinness ## Related Forms - wide - widen - width ## Roots and Affixes - Root: wīd - Root: *wīdaz ## Etymology From Old English wīdnes ('width, breadth'), from wīd ('wide, broad') + -nes, from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz. ## AI Etymology Wideness comes from Old English wīdnes ('width, breadth'), from wīd ('wide, broad') + -nes, from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz. In current use it is a noun meaning "the quality of being wide; breadth or extent". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The surface form is compositional: its joined elements remain visible in the modern word. The historical chain includes Old English wīd and Proto-Germanic *wīdaz. Related English forms include wide, widen, and width. The word's history is thus visible in its construction: the components remain interpretable even after the whole expression has settled into a conventional English meaning. ## Topics - Abstract Ideas - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown