'Breadth' definitions:
Definition of 'breadth'
From: WordNet
noun
The capacity to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"; "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views" [syn: breadth, comprehensiveness, largeness]
noun
The extent of something from side to side [syn: width, breadth]
Definition of 'Breadth'
From: GCIDE
- Breadth \Breadth\ (br[e^]dth), n. [OE. brede, breede, whence later bredette, AS. br[=ae]du, fr. br[=a]d broad. See Broad, a.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Fine Arts) The quality of having the colors and shadows broad and massive, and the arrangement of objects such as to avoid to great multiplicity of details, producing an impression of largeness and simple grandeur; -- called also breadth of effect.
- Breadth of coloring is a prominent character in the painting of all great masters. --Weale. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'breadth'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acreage,
- amount,
- amplitude,
- area,
- beam,
- bigness,
- body,
- broad gauge,
- broad-mindedness,
- broadness,
- bulk,
- caliber,
- catholicity,
- compass,
- comprehensiveness,
- continuum,
- cosmopolitanism,
- coverage,
- degree,
- depth,
- detail,
- diameter,
- dimension,
- dimensions,
- distance,
- ecumenicalism,
- ecumenicism,
- ecumenicity,
- ecumenism,
- emptiness,
- empty space,
- expanse,
- expansion,
- extension,
- extent,
- field,
- fullness,
- galactic space,
- gamut,
- gauge,
- girth,
- greatness,
- height,
- infinite space,
- interstellar space,
- large-mindedness,
- largeness,
- latitude,
- length,
- liberality,
- magnitude,
- mass,
- measure,
- measurement,
- noninsularity,
- nothingness,
- orbit,
- outer space,
- proportion,
- proportions,
- radius,
- range,
- reach,
- scale,
- scope,
- size,
- space,
- spacious mind,
- span,
- spatial extension,
- sphere,
- spread,
- stretch,
- superficial extension,
- surface,
- sweep,
- thickness,
- tract,
- unbigotedness,
- unhideboundness,
- unparochialism,
- unprovincialism,
- void,
- volume,
- wide-mindedness,
- wideness,
- width