vaster

ADJECTIVE

very large; wide in range

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ample big boundless broad colossal endless enormous extensive far-flung far-reaching gigantic great huge immense infinite limitless mammoth massive monumental spacious tremendous unlimited

WEAK

all-inclusive astronomical capacious comprehensive detailed eternal expanded forever giant illimitable immeasurable measureless monstrous never-ending prodigious prolonged spread-out stretched-out sweeping titanic unbounded voluminous widespread

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bounded calculable ending finite insignificant limited little miniature minute narrow restricted short small teeny tiny trivial unimportant

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vaster

The lands whose governance was at stake are vaster than any nation, and it’s possible the consequences of the vote will be felt for eons.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2024

But scientists like Philip Riris have taken a broader approach, looking for enduring patterns of human behavior on a vaster scale of time and space.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2024

And while disposing treated water in the ocean is common practice for nuclear plants, critics have pointed out that the amount being released from Fukushima is on an unprecedented, far vaster scale.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2023

The temple/palace system in Egypt therefore operated on a much vaster scale than anywhere in Mesopotamia.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Besides, it is dawning on me belatedly that Minneapolis is far vaster than Key West or Pordand, Maine, and that my two live job possibilities—Wal-Mart and Menards—are separated by about thirty miles.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich