adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:väst
Received-Pronunciation:/vɑːst/
Northern-England, Scotland:/vast/
US:/væst/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -æst
rhymes with -ɑːst
CMU ARPABET:V AE1 S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The Sahara desert is vast.
There is a vast difference between them.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A vast space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: poetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Acronym of visual audio sensory theater.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
Acronym of volcanic ash strategic initiative team.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: ESA, aerospace, business, engineering, geography, geology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, volcanology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope- W.R.Inge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
huge government spending
huge country estates
huge popular demand for higher education
a huge wave
the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains
immense numbers of birds
at vast (or immense) expense
the vast reaches of outer space
the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: huge, immense, Brobdingnagian
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus (“void, immense”). Related to waste and German Wüste.
Across languages
Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
شَاسِع
(šāsiʕ)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Arabic:
وَاسِع
(wāsiʕ)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Belarusian:
шыро́кі
(šyróki)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Belarusian:
веліза́рны
(vjelizárny)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Belarusian:
вялі́зны
(vjalízny)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Belarusian:
велічэ́зны
(vjeličézny)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Bulgarian:
обши́рен
(obšíren)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Bulgarian:
огро́мен
(ogrómen)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Catalan:
vast
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Chinese Mandarin:
浩大
(hàodà)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Czech:
rozlehlý
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Danish:
enorm
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Dutch:
enorm
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Esperanto:
vasta
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Estonian:
tohutu
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Estonian:
ääretu
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Estonian:
suur
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Finnish:
valtava
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Finnish:
laaja
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
French:
vaste
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
French:
immense
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Galician:
vasto
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Georgian:
ვრცელი
(vrceli)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Georgian:
ვეებერთელა
(veebertela)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Georgian:
უზარმაზარი
(uzarmazari)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Georgian:
თვალუწვდენელი
(tvaluc̣vdeneli)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Georgian:
უსაზღვრო
(usazɣvro)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
German:
beträchtlich
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
German:
weit
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
German:
ausgedehnt
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
German:
enorm
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
German:
riesig
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Greek:
απέραντος
(apérantos)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Hungarian:
óriási
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Hungarian:
hatalmas
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Irish:
uafásach
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Italian:
ampio
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Italian:
vasto
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Italian:
esteso
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Italian:
grande
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Italian:
immenso
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Japanese:
広大な
(kōdai na)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Japanese:
莫大な
(bakudai na)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Korean:
광대하다
(gwangdaehada)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Korean:
거대하다
(geodaehada)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Korean:
광막하다
(gwangmakhada)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Latin:
effūsus
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Māori:
whakatikotiko
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Eastern Mari:
кумда
(kumda)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Norwegian Bokmål:
enorm
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Polish:
obszerny
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Polish:
rozległy
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Polish:
zdecydowany
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Portuguese:
vasto
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Russian:
обши́рный
(obšírnyj)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Russian:
огро́мный
(ogrómnyj)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Slovak:
rozľahlý
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Slovak:
rozsiahly
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Slovak:
drvivý
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Slovak:
enormný
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Spanish:
vasto
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Spanish:
enorme
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Swedish:
enorm
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Tamil:
பரந்த
(paranta)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Thai:
ว้างเวิ้ง
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Thai:
ไพศาล
(pai-sǎan)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Thai:
กว้างใหญ่ไพศาล
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Thai:
กว้างใหญ่
(gwâang-yài)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Tibetan:
རྒྱ་ཆེན་པོ
(rgya chen po)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Turkish:
dev
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Turkish:
engin
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Turkish:
muazzam
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Ukrainian:
широ́кий
(šyrókyj)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Ukrainian:
величе́зний
(velyčéznyj)
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
Woiwurrung:
woorr-woorr
— very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
