vasty

adjective

ˈva-stē 

: vast

… call spirits from the vasty deep.

—William Shakespeare

Synonyms of vasty

• vast
• huge
• enormous
• gigantic
• tremendous
• giant
• massive
• colossal
• immense

Examples of vasty in a Sentence

the days when intrepid explorers sailed the vasty deep in small vessels

Recent Examples on the Web

But in room after room, the vasty majority of the objects were mute and meaningless, and only those that somehow referenced other periods of crisis spoke with clarity. — Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2020

The Globe reports that Breggin spent most of Monday morning painting a vasty different picture of Carter than the one presented by prosecutors last week. — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2017

Word History

Etymology

vast entry 1 + -y entry 1

First Known Use

1596, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for vasty

• costae
• nasty
• pasty
• angioplasty
• keratoplasty
• arthroplasty

Kids Definition

vasty

adjective

ˈvas-tē 

vastier; vastiest

: vast, immense