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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