What does vastness mean?
Vastness means (uncountable) The quality of being vast..
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/ˈvæstnəs/ · noun
(uncountable) The quality of being vast..
He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
He had a feeling that he was lost in the vastness of a huge forest.
Use vastness when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Vastness means (uncountable) The quality of being vast..
Common synonyms include enormity, immensity, greatness, grandness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
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