Meanings
plural vastnesses
- uncountableThe quality of being vast.
He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC - countableSomething vast.
He had a feeling that he was lost in the vastness of a huge forest.
1932, The Magnet - Bunter's Night Out
Synonyms & antonyms
noununusual largeness in size or extent or number
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian необятност, обширност
- необятност (neobjatnost)quality of being vast
- обширност (obširnost)quality of being vast
Esperanto vasteco
- vastecoquality of being vast
Finnish valtavuus
- valtavuusquality of being vast
French immensité
- immensitéquality of being vast
Irish ollmhéid
- ollmhéidquality of being vast
Italian immensità, vastità
- immensitàquality of being vast
- vastitàquality of being vast
Latin immānitās
- immānitāsquality of being vast
Polish bezkresność, bezkres
- bezkresnośćquality of being vast
- bezkressomething vast
Russian обширность, ширь
- обширность (obširnostʹ)quality of being vast
- ширь (širʹ)quality of being vast
- простор (prostor)quality of being vast
Spanish vastedad, vastedad
- vastedadquality of being vast
- vastedadsomething vast
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with vastness
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vastness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vastness
“vastness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vastness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vastness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vastness.
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