Meanings
nounwidth (countable and uncountable, plural widths)
plural widths
- countableuncountableThe state of being wide.
- countableuncountableball gamesThe horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.
- countableuncountablehobbiesThe use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other.
Manchester United like to play with width.
1 more example
England looked to put width on the ball after the restart, Armitage very nearly going over in the corner only for the video referee to decide his foot was in touch. But Armitage did get on the score-sheet five minutes later, Ben Foden straightening and putting the London Irish man in.
2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
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Opposite
Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
PIE word *dwóh₁ From wide + -th (abstract nominal suffix), possibly by analogy with Old Norse vídd (“width”), though this is unlikely, as the word is not attested before the end of the 16th century and was historically unknown in Scots and the traditional dialect of Northern England, where one would expect Old Norse influence to be the strongest (these varieties traditionally employed wideness instead). Replaced Middle English wide, wyde (“width”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek εὖρος
- εὖρος (eûros)measurement of something from side to side
Arabic عَرْض
- عَرْض (ʕarḍ)measurement of something from side to side
Basque zabalera
- zabalerameasurement of something from side to side
Bengali পানা
- পানা (pana)measurement of something from side to side
Bulgarian широчина, широчина́
- широчина (širočina)state of being wide
- широчина́ (širočiná)measurement of something from side to side
- ширина́ (širiná)measurement of something from side to side
- ширина (širina)piece of fabric measured from side to side
Chinese Mandarin 寬度 /宽度
- 寬度 /宽度 (kuāndù)measurement of something from side to side
Czech šířka
- šířkameasurement of something from side to side
Danish bredde
- breddemeasurement of something from side to side
Dutch breedte
- breedtemeasurement of something from side to side
Esperanto larĝeco, larĝo
- larĝecostate of being wide
- larĝomeasurement of something from side to side
Estonian laius
- laiusmeasurement of something from side to side
Finnish leveys, laajuus
- leveysstate of being wide
- laajuusstate of being wide
- leveysmeasurement of something from side to side
- leveyspiece of fabric measured from side to side
French grandeur, largeur
- grandeurstate of being wide
- largeurmeasurement of something from side to side
German Breite, Weite
- Breitemeasurement of something from side to side
- Weitemeasurement of something from side to side
Greek πλάτος, εύρος
- πλάτος (plátos)measurement of something from side to side
- εύρος (évros)measurement of something from side to side
Hebrew רוחב \ רֹחַב
- רוחב \ רֹחַב (rókhav)measurement of something from side to side
Hindi चौड़ाई
- चौड़ाई (cauṛāī)measurement of something from side to side
Hungarian szélesség
- szélességmeasurement of something from side to side
Icelandic breidd
- breiddmeasurement of something from side to side
Indonesian lebar
- lebarmeasurement of something from side to side
Irish leithead
- leitheadmeasurement of something from side to side
Italian larghezza, larghezza
- larghezzastate of being wide
- larghezzameasurement of something from side to side
Japanese 幅, 巾
- 幅 (haba)measurement of something from side to side
- 巾 (haba)measurement of something from side to side
Korean 폭
- 폭 (pok)measurement of something from side to side
Latin lātitūdō
- lātitūdōmeasurement of something from side to side
Latvian platums, platums
- platumsstate of being wide
- platumsmeasurement of something from side to side
Lithuanian plotis
- plotismeasurement of something from side to side
Malay kelebaran
- kelebaranmeasurement of something from side to side
Norwegian Bokmål bredde
- breddemeasurement of something from side to side
Persian عرض, پهنا
- عرض ('arz)measurement of something from side to side
- پهنا (pahnâ)measurement of something from side to side
Polish szerokość
- szerokośćmeasurement of something from side to side
Portuguese largura, largura
- largurastate of being wide
- largurameasurement of something from side to side
Romanian lărgime, lățime
- lărgimestate of being wide
- lățimemeasurement of something from side to side
- lărgimemeasurement of something from side to side
- întinderemeasurement of something from side to side
Russian ширина́, широта́
- ширина́ (širiná)state of being wide
- широта́ (širotá)state of being wide
- ширина́ (širiná)measurement of something from side to side
Scottish Gaelic leud, farsaingeachd
- leudmeasurement of something from side to side
- farsaingeachdmeasurement of something from side to side
Slovak šírka
- šírkameasurement of something from side to side
Spanish anchura, ancheza
- anchurastate of being wide
- anchezastate of being wide
- anchurameasurement of something from side to side
- anchormeasurement of something from side to side
- anchezameasurement of something from side to side
Swahili upana, upana
- upanastate of being wide
- upanameasurement of something from side to side
Swedish bredd
- breddmeasurement of something from side to side
Tagalog lapad
- lapadmeasurement of something from side to side
Tamil அகலம், அகலம்
- அகலம் (akalam)state of being wide
- அகலம் (akalam)measurement of something from side to side
Thai ความกว้าง
- ความกว้าง (kwaam-gwâang)measurement of something from side to side
Turkish genişlik, en
- genişlikstate of being wide
- enstate of being wide
- genişlikmeasurement of something from side to side
- enmeasurement of something from side to side
Ukrainian ширина́
- ширина́ (šyryná)measurement of something from side to side
Urdu چوڑائی
- چوڑائی (cauṛāī)measurement of something from side to side
Vietnamese chiều rộng
- chiều rộngmeasurement of something from side to side
Welsh lled
- lledmeasurement of something from side to side
Yiddish ברייט
- ברייט (breyt)measurement of something from side to side
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with width
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
width. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/width
MLA
“width.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/width. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “width,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/width.
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