wide-open
Meaning
- adjective Completely open.
The front door was wide open.
- adjective Having no laws or law enforcement.
It was a wide open frontier town before the railroad came.
- adjective Unsettled or unresolved.
The fate of the loan sailor is still wide open.
- adjective Vulnerable or unprotected.
He left himself wide open to criticism.
- adjective Without the presence of opponents nearby.
He was wide open and scored easily after receiving the pass.
- adjective Of the situation at the beginning of trading when there is a large spread between bids and asking prices.
Similar words
lawless open unfastened unlawful blank broad extensive general great large
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