[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

abroad \abroad"\, adv. pref. a- + broad.
   1. at large; widely; broadly; over a wide space; as, a tree
      spreads its branches abroad.
      1913 webster

            the fox roams far abroad.             --prior.
      1913 webster

   2. without a certain confine; outside the house; away from
      one's abode; as, to walk abroad.
      1913 webster

            i went to st. james', where another was preaching in
            the court abroad.                     --evelyn.
      1913 webster

   3. beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries; as,
      we have broils at home and enemies abroad. "another prince
      . . . was living abroad." --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   4. before the public at large; throughout society or the
      world; here and there; widely.
      1913 webster

            he went out, and began to publish it much, and to
            blaze abroad the matter.              --mark i. 45.
      1913 webster

   to be abroad.
      a to be wide of the mark; to be at fault; as, you are
          all abroad in your guess.
      b to be at a loss or nonplused.
          1913 webster
see also:
to be abroad 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

abroad
     adj : in a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas markets"
           syn: overseas
     adv 1: to or in a foreign country; "they had never travelled
            abroad"
     2: far away from home or one's usual surroundings; "looking
        afield for new lands to conquer"- r.a.hall syn: afield
     3: in a place across an ocean syn: overseas, beyond the sea,
         over the sea
see also:
overseas afield beyond the sea over the sea 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

109 moby thesaurus words for "abroad":
   abashed, aberrant, adrift, afield, alfresco, all abroad, all off,
   all wrong, amiss, askew, astray, at fault, at large, at sea, away,
   away from home, awry, beside the mark, bewildered, beyond seas,
   bothered, broadly, clear, clueless, confused, corrupt, deceptive,
   defective, delusive, deviant, deviational, deviative, discomposed,
   disconcerted, dismayed, disoriented, distantly and broadly,
   distorted, distracted, distraught, disturbed, embarrassed,
   en plein air, errant, erring, erroneous, everywhere, extensively,
   fallacious, false, far afield, far and near, far and wide,
   faultful, faulty, flawed, guessing, heretical, heterodox,
   illogical, illusory, in a fix, in a maze, in a pickle, in a scrape,
   in a stew, in foreign parts, in the open, infinitely, lost, mazed,
   nonresident, not in residence, not right, not true, off,
   off the track, on all sides, on every side, on leave,
   on sabbatical leave, on the road, on tour, out, out of doors,
   outdoors, outside, oversea, overseas, peccant, perturbed, perverse,
   perverted, publicly, put-out, right and left, self-contradictory,
   straying, turned around, unfactual, unorthodox, unproved, untrue,
   upset, vastly, wide, widely, without a clue, wrong

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