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broad has 16 distinct synonyms spread across 7 of its 9 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
broad in scope or content
“across-the-board pay increases”
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
“a broad political stance”
slang term for a woman
“a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch”
1 of the 9 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for broad.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for broad come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.