Antonyms for vast


Grammar : Adj
Spell : vast, vahst
Phonetic Transcription : væst, vɑst


Definition of vast

Origin :
  • 1570s, from Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus "immense, extensive, huge," also "desolate, unoccupied, empty." The two meanings probably originally attached to two separate words, one with a long -a- one with a short -a-, that merged in early Latin (see waste). Very popular early 18c. as an intensifier. Related: Vastly; vastness.
  • adj very large; wide in range
Example sentences :
  • After all, what vast privileges do you lose with your citizenship.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • It seemed to have a vast inorganic life of its own, a volition and a whim.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Thrones have toppled and their vast empires have disappeared.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • The meeting was held in the vast auditorium of the Circus Building, which was filled.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Vast crowds lined the route, afoot and in every kind of vehicle.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • But it is of no use to try and calculate the vast advantage of Fiscal expansion.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
  • In short, there is a vast body of art now within the reach of everybody.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • The vast host shall be to us, he cried, as "stubble is to fire."
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • There were a vast number of children assembled, and all were in the best humor.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • All the vast theater of the stand was a buzz of eager chatter.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Synonyms for vast

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