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Synonyms for vast

Most common

large huge immense massive

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).

    The Sahara desert is vast.

Related words

Word family
vastly vastness

From weakest to strongest

  1. modest
  2. small
  3. vast
  4. enormous
  5. immense
  6. gigantic
  7. colossal
  8. prodigious
  9. gargantuan

From the opposite of vast, on the left, to its strongest synonyms, on the right.

Example sentences

  • huge Yesterday I went to the zoo and saw a huge walrus.
  • massive Algeria exports massive quantities of natural gas.
  • enormous She lives alone in a house of enormous dimensions.
  • immense Sailors spend weeks or months in the immense ocean.
  • extensive The earthquake in Hokkaido caused extensive damage.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
vaststeady
hugerising
massivesteady
enormoussteady
immensesteady
extensivefalling

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

By length

3 letters
big1
4 letters
huge1, gurt
5 letters
great1, large1, giant2, broad1
6 letters
mighty2
7 letters
massive2, immense2
8 letters
enormous3, infinite3, gigantic3, colossal3
9 letters
extensive3, monstrous2, limitless3, boundless2, humongous3, unbounded3
10 letters
prodigious3, stupendous3, gargantuan4
12 letters
immeasurable5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (giant2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
vaste
Italiano
vasto
Español
vasto
Català
vast