vast
of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space.
very great in number, quantity, amount, etc.: vast sums of money.
very great in degree, intensity, etc.: an artisan of vast skill.
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
Origin of vast
1Other words for vast
Opposites for vast
Other words from vast
- vast·ly, adverb
- vast·ness, noun
- su·per·vast, adjective
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How to use vast in a sentence
For the vast middle of this country, and the even vaster populations that lie beyond it, it has been a relatively good year.
But for the vast middle of this country, and the even vaster populations that lie beyond it, it has been a relatively good year.
The scale was vaster, horizons wider, beauty and wonder walked hand in hand with love and death.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe very sky had an alien look, seeming vaster somehow than the circumscribed clouds of Kensington.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzievast as it was, it seemed even vaster in the red light and in the fire of John's own imagination.
The Hosts of the Air | Joseph A. Altsheler
This city of yours—all that I have seen of it—revolts me; but it is vast, vaster than those built by the mortals of old.
The Tinted Venus | F. AnsteyThe policy of the Boer War is being tried on a vaster scale against Europe.
The Crime Against Europe | Roger Casement
British Dictionary definitions for vast
/ (vɑːst) /
unusually large in size, extent, degree, or number; immense
(prenominal) (intensifier): in vast haste
the vast mainly poetic immense or boundless space
British dialect a very great amount or number
Origin of vast
1Derived forms of vast
- vastity, noun
- vastly, adverb
- vastness, noun
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