as in magnitude
the quality or state of being very large
awed by the vastness of the prairie
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Recent Examples of vastness
Our Universe may be full of stars, galaxies, and a cosmic web of large-scale structure, all separated by the vastness of empty space between them, but it wasn’t born that way.
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Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Director Reinaldo Marcus Green keeps his camera low to emphasize the vastness of the tennis world bearing down on Venus, all while Richard (Will Smith) watches on, ever enigmatically, from the tunnels.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Kurosawa’s films contain both the greatest vastness of nature and the deepest truth of the human psyche.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2025
The surrounding wave paintings add emotional turbulence, invoking both the physical might and metaphysical vastness of the sea.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
This vastness makes everyday stress feel trivial.
—Sarah Groen, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2025
Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Director Reinaldo Marcus Green keeps his camera low to emphasize the vastness of the tennis world bearing down on Venus, all while Richard (Will Smith) watches on, ever enigmatically, from the tunnels.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Kurosawa’s films contain both the greatest vastness of nature and the deepest truth of the human psyche.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2025
The surrounding wave paintings add emotional turbulence, invoking both the physical might and metaphysical vastness of the sea.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
This vastness makes everyday stress feel trivial.
—Sarah Groen, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vastness
Noun
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The drop in bond yields is notable though the magnitude of the decline to 4% on the 10-year in recent days is not dramatic.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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Only a sociopath or a sadist could tell a lie of this magnitude, but again, such broad characters are par for the course in shows like this.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To appreciate the full moral weight and dramatic immensity of these moments means grasping the significance of the moments leading up to them—and the ones that come afterward.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2025
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Not even the best paintings or photographs can ever trace its immensity; only fractions can be glimpsed and never held for long.—
Tom Zoellner,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Hawley, who directed the premiere, brings an impressive sense of scale to the action, conveying the hugeness of the spaceship and its urban crash zone, contrasted with the smallness of the figures trying to make their way through the mayhem.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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So convinced that exposing their crimes on a worldwide stage with a trial was the only way to expose the enormity of Reich atrocities and achieve closure, Jackson put at risk his fast track toward becoming Chief Justice.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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These instant charge-ups happen repeatedly, billions of times per second, in periods of high demand (like wrapping your mind around the enormity of that statistic).—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Vastness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vastness. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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