HyperDic: vast

English > 1 sense of the word vast:
ADJECTIVEallvast, huge, immense, Brobdingnagianunusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
vast > pronunciation
Soundsvae'st
Rhymesaghast ... unsurpassed: 42 rhymes with aest...
English > vast: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningunusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope.
Examples
  • "at vast (or immense) expense"
  • "the vast reaches of outer space"
  • "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge
Synonymshuge, immense, Brobdingnagian
Broaderlarge, bigAbove average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Spanishenorme, grandote, inmenso, oceánico, vasto
Catalanenorme, extens, gegant, gran, immens, vast
Nounsvastnessunusual largeness in size or extent or number
Adverbsvastlyto an exceedingly great extent or degree

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