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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Access to the vast European labor market means that businesses can fail to look closer to home, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Unlike in Mexico, where vast plantations dominate the landscape, nobody grows agave commercially in India - at least not yet.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

More broadly, publicly held technology investments have done significantly better over any measurable time period than the vast majority of private funds focused on technology.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

"The vast number of fossil whale falls documented, including a new species of beaked whale, is truly amazing and is of major importance to understanding whale evolution and whale distributions over geologic time," he said.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

When the ship docks, I look out at the vast city that embraces the Sea of Marmara and inhale the salty air.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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