vast

Stretching beyond sight

Vast describes something immense in size, extent, or degree.

A vast desert stretches beyond sight.

A vast fortune exceeds ordinary wealth.

The word emphasizes scale that dwarfs comparison: the vast expanse of the ocean, vast differences in income.

Vastness suggests something so large it approaches the incomprehensible.

scale

enormous

Extremely large in scale

tremendous · massive · immense · gargantuan · titanic · mammoth · monumental · astronomical · towering · mountainous

space

spacious

Having ample room

voluminous · open · airy · yawning · commodious · ample · generous · unconfined · empty · hollow

extent

expansive

Covering a large area

wide-open · far-reaching · extensive · broad · wide · boundless · endless · limitless · unbounded · unending

quantity

innumerable

Too many to count

abundant · copious · profuse · plentiful · inexhaustible · incalculable · untold · numberless · unlimited · immeasurable

time

eternal

Lasting without end

ageless · enduring · unending · ceaseless · interminable · immemorial · eons · millennia · ages · epochs

Categories
Opposites
physical size or spatial extent

vasttiny

Extremely small in size

minuscule · small · microscopic · miniature · minute

scope or quantity

vastlimited

Restricted in extent

small · minimal · meager · scant · negligible

Phrases
Family

devastate, devastation, devastating, vastness, vastly, devastated, vaster, vastest

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G