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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Not that the children who passed through the Innocenti’s chambers were necessarily parentless: The vast majority were illegitimate, the result of reckless or criminal liaisons their natural parents found it necessary to cover up.

From The Wall Street Journal

With desert accounting for most of the country's million square kilometres, the vast majority of Egypt's 108 million people -- the Arab world's largest population -- are stacked vertically along the Nile River and its delta.

From Barron's

Archbishop Vann said the vast majority of people had been supportive about her election, but added others had been "quite hostile".

From BBC

China has been focusing on the Middle East as part of its Belt and Road Initiative, a vast global infrastructure project developed over the last decade under President Xi Jinping.

From Barron's

The vast majority of the territory's more than two million residents have been displaced, many multiple times.

From Barron's

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