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vast
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- pronunciation:
- vaest
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
vaster, vastest |
| definition 1: |
immense in size or area.
They drove past vast fields of corn.- synonyms:
- extensive, great, immense, tremendous
- antonyms:
- tiny
- similar words:
- colossal, enormous, expansive, huge, humongous, large, massive, monstrous, oceanic, prodigious, spacious, wide
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| definition 2: |
very large in number or amount.
A vast number of people watched the ceremony on television.- synonyms:
- great, large, tremendous
- antonyms:
- insignificant
- similar words:
- enormous, extensive, huge, prodigious
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| definition 3: |
very great in intensity or degree; extensive.
She has a vast knowledge of literature.- synonyms:
- extensive, great
- antonyms:
- limited
- similar words:
- boundless, enormous, limitless, mighty, prodigious, spacious, tremendous, wide
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| related words: |
ample, big, broad, capacious, cavernous, deep, endless, gargantuan, global, immeasurable, immense, infinite, mammoth, monster |
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| derivations: |
vastly (adv.), vastness (n.) |
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