Entry Word: expanse

Function: noun

Meaning: a wide space or area <the great explorers who crossed the vast expanse of the ocean in small ships>

Synonyms breadth, extent, reach, spread, stretch

Related Words domain, field, sphere, territory; compass, range, scope, sweep; gamut, scale, spectrum; depth, emptiness, void; distance, extension, latitude, length, span; amplitude, immensity, magnitude