Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun extent
2 senses of extent
Sense 1
extent -- (the point or degree to which something extends; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right")
=> degree, level, stage, point -- (a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?")
Sense 2
extent -- (the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent")
=> magnitude -- (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea")