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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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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