vast
/vɑːst
/adjective
Of very great extent or quantity; immense: a vast plain full of orchards...
- They have plenty of money and as a result they consume vast quantities of drink.
- In this day and age, there is no real need to take vast quantities of cash or even traveller's cheques with you.
- Water in the form of ice has been found in vast quantities just below the surface across large areas of Mars.
Synonyms
huge, extensive, expansive, broad, wide, boundless, immeasurable, limitless, infinite, enormous, gigantic, very big, very large, great, giant, massive, colossal, mammoth, immense, tremendous, mighty, stupendous, monumental, epic, prodigious, mountainous, monstrous, titanic, towering, elephantine, king-sized, king-size, gargantuan, Herculean, Brobdingnagian;
substantial, hefty, bulky, weighty, heavy, gross
informal mega, monster, whopping, whopping great, thumping, thumping great, humongous, jumbo, hulking, bumper, astronomical, astronomic
British informal whacking, whacking great, ginormous
noun archaic
An immense space.And up from the vast a murmuring passed As from a wood of pines.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin vastus 'void, immense'.