<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.</li><li>Antonyms: narrow.</li><li>measured from side to side: The desk was three feet broad.</li><li>of great extent; large: the broad expanse of ocean.</li><li>Synonyms: vast, ample, extensive.</li><li>wide-open; full: We awoke to broad daylight.</li><li>not limited or narrow; of extensive range or scope: A modern doctor must have a broad knowledge of medicine.</li><li>Synonyms: open, wide, extensive.</li><li>liberal; tolerant: A broad interpretation of the law tempers justice with mercy.</li><li>main or general: the broad outlines of a subject.</li><li>plain or clear: Her remark was a broad hint of her feelings.</li><li>outspoken; plain-spoken.</li><li>indelicate; indecent: He smirked at the broad joke.</li><li>Synonyms: gross.</li><li>(of conversation) rough; countrified.</li><li>unconfined; unbridled; unrestrained: It was a hilarious evening of broad mirth.</li><li>(of pronunciation) strongly dialectal: He wore kilts and had a broad Scots accent.</li><li>Phonetics: (of a transcription) using one basic symbol to represent each phoneme.</li><li>broad a, the a-sound [ah] when used in lieu of the more common a-sound [a] in such words as half, can't, and laugh.</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>fully: He was broad awake.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the broad part of anything.</li><li>Slang: Usually Offensive. a term used to refer to a woman; a promiscuous woman. Often broads.</li><li>Movies, Television: an incandescent or fluorescent lamp used as a general source of light in a studio.</li><li>a gold coin of England and Scotland, issued by James I and Charles I and equal to 20 shillings. Compare carolus, jacobus.</li></ul>