width

Meaning

1. The state of being wide.
2. The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
3. A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric.
4. The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.
5. The use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other.

Synonyms

breadth

extent

expanse

amplitude

extension

spaciousness

wideness

broadness

largeness

vastness

expansion

extensiveness

thickness

panel

distance

circumference

latitude

page

strand

magnitude

W

W

box

📦

nest

long stride

width and narrowness

w.

become wide

being wide

building width

area

beam

broad

capaciousness

cloth

compass

🧭

diameter

duration

fatness

girth

greatness

heaviness

immensity

length

proportion

size

span

wingspan

circumference of a circle

muscles of inner thigh and crutch

space between outstretched legs

side-to-side

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɪtθ/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Norse: vídd

Cognate with Middle English: wide

In summary

PIE word
*dwóh₁
From wide + -th, 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”).