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Synonyms for expanse

Most common

surface area extent stretch void breadth

All synonyms

Noun

1. Surface area

area, space, surface area, field

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.

Related words

Word family
expand expansion

Forms

Plural
expanses → areas, spaces, fields, extents…

Example sentences

  • extent To some extent, you can control the car in a skid.
  • stretch My friend got to ride a stretch limousine to prom!
  • void The beach was completely void of any other people.
  • breadth He escaped being run over by a hair's breadth.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
expanserising
extentfalling
stretchrising
voidsteady
breadthsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
area3, void1
5 letters
space1, field1, sweep1
6 letters
extent2
7 letters
stretch1, breadth1
9 letters
expansion3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (area3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
étendue
Italiano
estensione
Deutsch
Ausmaß
Català
extensió