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adjective
- 1. of very great extent or quantity; immense: "a vast plain full of orchards"
noun
- 1. an immense space. archaic
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He consumes vast quantities of chips with every meal. A couple of people objected to the proposal, but the vast majority approved of it. We can catch the vast majority of people, but hunting down every last tax dodger is virtually impossible. He drew an analogy between the brain and a vast computer.
Learn the meaning, synonyms, usage, and history of the word vast, which can be an adjective or a noun. Find out how to distinguish vast from related words like enormous, immense, huge, gigantic, and colossal.
Vast definition: of very great area or extent; immense. See examples of VAST used in a sentence.
He consumes vast quantities of chips with every meal. A couple of people objected to the proposal, but the vast majority approved of it. We can catch the vast majority of people, but hunting down every last tax dodger is virtually impossible. He drew an analogy between the brain and a vast computer.
Synonyms for VAST: huge, enormous, gigantic, tremendous, massive, giant, immense, colossal; Antonyms of VAST: tiny, minuscule, infinitesimal, microscopic, diminutive, miniature, small, pocket
- Some common synonyms of vast are colossal, enormous, gigantic, huge, immense, and mammoth. While all these words mean "exceedingly large," vast usu...
- The words colossal and vast can be used in similar contexts, but colossal applies especially to a human creation of stupendous or incredible dimens...
- Enormous and immense both suggest an exceeding of all ordinary bounds in size or amount or degree, but enormous often adds an implication of abnorm...
- Although the words gigantic and vast have much in common, gigantic stresses the contrast with the size of others of the same kind. // a gigantic sp...
- The synonyms huge and vast are sometimes interchangeable, but huge commonly suggests an immensity of bulk or amount. // incurred a huge debt
- The meanings of mammoth and vast largely overlap; however, mammoth suggests both hugeness and ponderousness of bulk. // a mammoth boulder
Learn the meaning of vast, an adjective that describes something extremely large in area, size, amount, etc. Find synonyms, example sentences, pronunciation and usage notes for vast in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
the vast reaches of outer space. 2. of very great size or proportions; huge; enormous. vast piles of rubble left in the wake of the war. 3. very great in number, quantity, amount, etc. vast sums of money. 4. very great in degree, intensity, etc.
