broadness

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noun

The state, characteristic, or condition of being broad; breadth.

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breadthwideness
OriginMiddle English brodnes ← Old English brādnes →
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Meanings

nounbroadness (usually uncountable, plural broadnesses)

plural broadnesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state, characteristic, or condition of being broad; breadth.

    Synonyms: breadth

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state, characteristic, or condition of being broad; breadth.

Similar
breadth

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe property of being wide; having great width

Similar
wideness
Broader
widthbreadth
Also see
widenesswidth

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishbrādnes
  2. Middle Englishbrodnes
  3. Englishbroadness

From Middle English brodnes (also as brednysse), from Old English brādnes, brǣdnys (“breadth, greatness, extent, surface; liberality”), equivalent to broad + -ness.

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Translations

Irish leithe, leithne
  • leithethe state, characteristic, or condition of being broad
  • leithnethe state, characteristic, or condition of being broad
Latin lātitūdō, pinguitūdō
  • lātitūdōthe state, characteristic, or condition of being broad
  • pinguitūdōthe state, characteristic, or condition of being broad
Persian گشادی
  • گشادی (gošâdi)the state, characteristic, or condition of being broad
Spanish vastedad
  • vastedadthe state, characteristic, or condition of being broad
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APA

broadness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadness

MLA

“broadness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “broadness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadness.

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