Synonyms for vast
væst, vɑstvast

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1. vast

   Large denotes extension in more than one direction, and beyond the average of the class to which the object belongs; we speak of a large surface or a large solid, but of a long line; a large field, a large room, a large apple, etc. A large man is a man of more than ordinary size; a great man is a man of remarkable mental power. Big is a more emphatic word than large, but of less dignity. We do not say that George Washington was a big man.

   Synonyms:
   abundant, ample, big, broad, bulky, capacious, coarse, colossal, commodious, considerable, enormous, extensive, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, long, massive, spacious, wide

   Antonyms:
   brief, diminutive, inconsiderable, infinitesimal, insignificant, limited, little, mean, microscopic, minute, narrow, paltry, petty, scanty, short, slender, slight, small, tiny, trifling, trivial

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1. vast

   Synonyms:
   waste, wild, desolate, extensive, spacious, wide spread, gigantic, wide, boundless, measureless, enormous, mighty, huge, immense, colossal, prodigious, far-reaching

   Antonyms:
   narrow, close, confined, frequented, populated, cultivated, tended, tilled, limited, bounded, circumscribed, moderate

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1. huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagianadjective

   unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

   "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge

   Synonyms:
   immense, huge

   Antonyms:
   small, little

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1. vastadjective

   Synonyms:
   very spacious, very extensive

2. vastadjective

   Synonyms:
   huge, enormous, immense, colossal, gigantic, prodigious, stupendous, very great

3. vastadjective

   Synonyms:
   remarkable, extraordinary

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1. vastadjective

   Synonyms:
   spacious, immense, monstrous, huge, extensive, immeasurable

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1. List of paraphrases for "vast":

   wide, overwhelming, broad, large, huge, great, enormous, immense, extensive, tremendous, big, massive, major, wide-ranging, grande, comprehensive, grand, considerable, large-scale, widespread, high

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1. Patrick Murray:

   Part of the reason why people stayed at home (in 2016) was because they really didn't feel strongly that that either candidate was going to change their lives in any meaningful way, even if they liked disliked one candidate more than they dislike the other candidate. In this case, it is a clear decision between Trump and not Trump. And the vast majority of voters are strongly on one side of that line or the other.

2. Yvonne Maldonado:

   The vast majority of new infections are occurring among unvaccinated individuals and creating a' pod' of vaccinated individuals around young children, as well as continuing them to mask and distance in indoor settings and among crowded settings, will be important in keeping them safe, for these unvaccinated children, masking, distancing and avoiding large crowds is recommended.

3. Albert Camus:

   In the vast reaches of the dry, cold night, thousands of stars were constantly appearing, and their sparkling icicles, loosened at once, began to slip gradually toward the horizon.

4. Khadija Abraham:

   Training an animal with a strong and reliable sense of smell to help detect disease in a vast country like Tanzania could potentially offer a valuable solution to help detecting the disease.

5. Eric Schmitt:

   Our landmark lawsuit against the Biden administration for allegedly colluding with social media companies to censor freedom of speech has uncovered a vast ‘censorship enterprise,’ we plan to depose key Biden administration officials, and will continue to work to expose the federal government’s efforts to censor free speech.