broad in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"
   across-the-board  all-embracing  all-encompassing  all-inclusive  blanket  broad  encompassing  extensive  panoptic  wide 
   
2. 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"
   wide  broad 
   
3. showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
   "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
   broad  large-minded  liberal  tolerant 
   
4. lacking subtlety; obvious
   "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"
   broad  unsubtle 
   
5. not detailed or specific
   "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"
   broad  unspecific 
   
6. being at a peak or culminating point
   "broad daylight"; "full summer"
   broad  full 
   
7. very large in expanse or scope
   "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
   broad  spacious  wide 
   
8. (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional
   "a broad southern accent"
   broad 
   

1. slang term for a woman
   "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"
   broad