widespread
adjective
- distributed widely
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌwaɪdˈspɹɛd/ / /ˈwaɪdˌspɹɛd/
adj
Etymology: From wide + spread.
- Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
“widespread belief”
“widespread criticism”
- Spread far apart.
“Women with knee-length silk stockings, sitting with widespread legs on sunwashed green benches”