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. Brad Blakeman:

   If you like Hillary, the film will reinforce the ‘vast right wing conspiracy’ and if you don’t like Hillary the film will just validate what you already thought.

2. Ting Lu:

   The possibility of contagion in other parts of China's vast economy remains very real, and, it is on this issue where China's central bank faces its biggest constraint — while it may be able to contain the financial implications from a housing default, it can not offset the housing market's impact on China's real economy.

3. Aiman Mazyek:

   The vast majority of people coming here are fleeing war and terror themselves, all they want is peace and quiet.

4. Benjamin Smith:

   It's an obvious no-brainer... there should be no new developments on Murujuga, the world is turning against people like Asia Woodside that make vast profits at the expense of the planet and the expense of our heritage.

5. Jim Dean:

   Clinton's economic policy speech reflects a very clear understanding that the Democratic Party and the vast majority of the American people want a president who will fight alongside … Elizabeth Warren and refuse to kowtow to wealthy and powerful interests on Wall Street.