(a.) Spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement.

accepted ample amplitudinous broad broadcast capacious commodious conformable consuetudinary conventional current customary deep deltoid diffuse discrete dispersed dispread disseminated dissipated distributed established everyday expansive extended extending extensive familiar fan-shape fan-shaped fanlike fanned fanning far-embracing far-extending far-flung far-flying far-going far-ranging far-reaching flabelliform flared flaring generally accepted indiscriminate infinite large-scale liberal normal obtaining open ordinary outspread outstretched patulous popular prescribed prescriptive prevalent rampant received regnant regular regulation rife roomy ruling scattered set spacious sparse splay splayed splaying sporadic spraddled spraddling sprangled sprangling sprawling sprawly spread spreading standard stock straggling straggly stretched-out strewn strown sweeping time-honored traditional unfolded usual vast voluminous wholesale wide wide-extended wide-extending wide-open wide-ranging wide-reaching wide-stretching wonted