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The Meaning of vast

  • (superl.) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
  • (superl.) Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in bulk; immense; enormous; as, the vast ocean; vast mountains; the vast empire of Russia.
  • (superl.) Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast army; a vast sum of money.
  • (superl.) Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.
  • (n.) A waste region; boundless space; immensity.

Synonyms

huge , immense , Brobdingnagian

Rhymes

aghast , amassed , asked , assed , ast , bast , belfast , blast , broadcast , cast , caste , chloroplast , classed , colorfast , contrast , downcast , enthusiast , fast , flabbergast , forecast , gassed , gast , ghast , harassed , hast , holdfast , iconoclast , kast , lambaste , last , lightfast , lymphoblast , massed , mast , miscast , nast , newscast , outcast , outlast , overcast , passed , past , precast , prendergast , rast , rebroadcast , recast , sandblast , simulcast , steadfast , surpassed , telecast , typecast , unsurpassed