Meanings
- not comparableOver a great distance or large area; nearly everywhere.
Far and wide nothing was to be seen but a shoreless sea of tossing, turbid water.
1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 150
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbover great areas or distances; everywhere
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishfer and wide“far and wide”
- Englishfar and wide
From Middle English fer and wide (“far and wide”). Compare Middle English wide and side, widen and siden (“far and wide”), from Old English wīde and sīde (“far and wide”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 到處 /到处
- 到處 /到处 (dàochù)over a great distance or large area
Dutch wijd en zijd
- wijd en zijdover a great distance or large area
Finnish laajalti
- laajaltiover a great distance or large area
French partout
- partoutover a great distance or large area
Italian in lungo e in largo
- in lungo e in largoover a great distance or large area
Latin vagē
- vagēover a great distance or large area
Polish wzdłuż i wszerz
- wzdłuż i wszerzover a great distance or large area
Romanian în lung și în lat
- în lung și în latover a great distance or large area
Scottish Gaelic fad is farsaing
- fad is farsaingover a great distance or large area
Spanish por todas partes
- por todas partesover a great distance or large area
Cite this entry
far and wide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/far%20and%20wide
“far and wide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/far%20and%20wide. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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