Definitions

vast

[vast] / væst /

ADJECTIVE

very large; wide in range

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ample big boundless broad colossal endless enormous extensive far-flung far-reaching gigantic great huge immense infinite limitless mammoth massive monumental spacious tremendous unlimited

WEAK

all-inclusive astronomical capacious comprehensive detailed eternal expanded forever giant illimitable immeasurable measureless monstrous never-ending prodigious prolonged spread-out stretched-out sweeping titanic unbounded voluminous widespread

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bounded calculable ending finite insignificant limited little miniature minute narrow restricted short small teeny tiny trivial unimportant

Example Sentences

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Rather than moving across the ocean as a relatively simple wave, the tsunami displayed a far more complicated pattern, with waves spreading, scattering, and interacting across vast stretches of the Pacific.

From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026

Yet the canon, though not without its limits, is vast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

Yet, according to the spokesperson, “the vast majority of World Cup orders on StubHub have been fulfilled successfully.”

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026

The economic toll of dementia is massive and the vast majority of the overall burden falls on families, Zissimopoulos said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

The willingness of whoever this person was to sell him such vast amounts of cheap insurance gave Mike Burry another idea: to start a fund that did nothing but buy insurance on subprime mortgage bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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Unit 1: Telling Details

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