Meaning & use
vastness
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The quality or state of being extremely large in area, extent, or scale.
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The astronauts were awed by the vastness of space.
She felt small against the vastness of the desert.
A note on using this word
Derived from "vast," from Latin "vastus," meaning empty or immense.
Words with a similar meaning
immensityenormityexpanse
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Words with an opposite meaning
smallnessinsignificance
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