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having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other;
"wide roads"
"a wide necktie"
"wide margins"
"three feet wide"
"a river two miles broad"
"broad shoulders"
"a broad river"
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broad in scope or content;
"across-the-board pay increases"
"an all-embracing definition"
"blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"
"an invention with broad applications"
"a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"
"granted him wide powers"
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not detailed or specific;
"a broad rule"
"the broad outlines of the plan"
"felt an unspecific dread"
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lacking subtlety; obvious;
"gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"
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being at a peak or culminating point;
"broad daylight"
"full summer"
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very large in expanse or scope;
"a broad lawn"
"the wide plains"
"a spacious view"
"spacious skies"
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(of speech) heavily and noticeably regional;
"a broad southern accent"
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showing or characterized by broad-mindedness;
"a broad political stance"
"generous and broad sympathies"
"a liberal newspaper"
"tolerant of his opponent's opinions"