vastitude

vas·ti·tude

noun \ˈvas-tə-ˌtüd, -ˌtyüd\

Definition of VASTITUDE

: immensity, vastness

Examples of VASTITUDE

1. <the vastitude of the ocean, especially when contemplated from the deck of a small boat>

Origin of VASTITUDE

Latin vastitudo, from vastus

First Known Use: 1623

Related to VASTITUDE

Synonyms: enormity, enormousness, giantism, gigantism, hugeness, immenseness, magnitude, massiveness, prodigiousness, immensity, vastness

Antonyms: diminutiveness, minuteness, tininess

Related Words: bigness, extensiveness, greatness, largeness, sizableness, voluminousness, weightiness; awesomeness, grandness, stupendousness, tremendousness; boundlessness, limitlessness; ampleness, capaciousness, commodiousness, spaciousness; excessiveness, extravagance, extremeness, gaudiness, grandiosity, immoderacy

Near Antonyms: littleness, puniness, smallness; triviality

[+]more[-]hide

Rhymes with VASTITUDE

altitude, amplitude, aptitude, attitude, certitude, comfort food, consuetude, crassitude, desuetude, finger food, finitude, fortitude, gratitude, habitude, hebetude, interlude, lassitude, latitude, longitude, magnitude, mansuetude, multitude, negritude, platitude, plenitude, promptitude, pulchritude, quietude, rectitude, seminude, servitude, solitude, turpitude