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- DictionaryVast/vast/
adjective
- 1. of very great extent or quantity; immense: "a vast plain of buffalo grass"
noun
- 1. an immense space. archaic
The meaning of VAST is very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially in extent or range. How to use vast in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Vast.
of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space. Synonyms: stupendous, colossal, gigantic, boundless, measureless. Antonyms: small. of very great size or proportions; huge; enormous: vast piles of rubble left in the wake of the war. very great in number, quantity, amount, etc.: vast sums of money.
adjective. uk / vɑːst / us / væst / Add to word list. B2. extremely big: A vast audience watched the broadcast. The amount of detail the book contains is vast. The people who have taken our advice have saved themselves vast amounts / sums of money. The vast majority of children attend state schools. Synonyms. enormous. huge.
adjective. us / væst / uk / vɑːst / Add to word list. B2. extremely big: A vast audience watched the broadcast. The amount of detail the book contains is vast. The people who have taken our advice have saved themselves vast amounts / sums of money. The vast majority of children attend public schools. Synonyms. enormous. huge.
Even places that can't be seen or touched, like imaginations, are called vast, because of the endless ideas that come out of them. Someone with a vast imagination is very creative, and a place with a vast landscape is very large.
Synonyms for VAST: huge, enormous, gigantic, tremendous, massive, giant, immense, colossal; Antonyms of VAST: tiny, minuscule, infinitesimal, microscopic, diminutive, miniature, small, pocket.
adjective. 1. of very great area or extent; immense. 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. ( vɑːst) adj. 1. unusually large in size, extent, degree, or number; immense. 2. ( prenominal) (intensifier): in vast haste. n. 3. the vast chiefly poetic immense or boundless space. 4. dialect Brit a very great amount or number. [C16: from Latin vastus deserted]
There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word vast. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
extremely large in area, size, amount, etc. synonym huge. a vast area of forest. a vast crowd. In the vast majority of cases, this should not be a problem. They sell a vast array of products. a vast amount of information. At dusk bats appear in vast numbers. vast quantities of food.
