vastness

noun

Definition of vastnessnext
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 These challenges are why solar sails aren't yet plying the vastness of space. — Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 31 May 2026 This week will bring that fiery adrenaline into your soul, pushing you to explore the depths within, but also the vastness of the world and other people. — Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026 Here’s a swashbuckling Zen space opera of irresistible vastness — a world large enough to colonize your imagination. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2026 The reef itself becomes the subject, inviting viewers to imagine its vastness from the perspective of one of its smallest inhabitants. — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Launch is planned for July 2028, and Dragonfly will cruise for six years, plying the empty vastness between our two worlds. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026 Cross-hatched grids in the background represent the vastness of the surrounding areas, including Burbank and Studio City. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026 In Alaska, bush pilots often brave cruel November weather to carry ballots from the vastness of America's largest state, with some arriving after polls close. — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 18 June 2026 The majesty of the natural world and the incomprehensible vastness of space are almost infinitely rearrangeable variables for documentarians. — David Faris, TheWeek, 13 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vastness
  1. magnitude
  2. immensity
  3. hugeness
  4. enormity
Noun
  • Researchers estimate an event of similar magnitude has an average return period of about 180 years.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
  • On the morning of the upcoming Mars-Uranus conjunction, try to spot this eighth-magnitude star as well.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of magnitude
Noun
  • But Supergirl doesn’t quite want to deal with the immensity of its protagonist’s feelings; her drunken stupor is often played for laughs, defined by disheveled hair, big sunglasses, and plenty of slurred speech.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026
  • The immensity of the body of water, which resembles an 186-mile vericose vein snaking across southern Utah, is difficult to comprehend or convey.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
Definition of immensity
Noun
  • Nowhere in the vestiges of what was once the sprawl of corporate hugeness known as The General Electric Company are there signs that Katharine Blodgett's laboratory notebooks still exist.
    — Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Like Phish or Taylor Swift or The Dead, 21P have created a universe for their fans that is a self-sustaining mechanism, even if the hugeness of it doesn’t always translate into huge chart success.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025
Definition of hugeness
Noun
  • Cooper, who had not watched Power, couldn’t grasp the enormity of the casting at the time, but was excited by the challenge of building Jarita’s origin story.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 July 2026
  • Canada’s relative inexperience in the World Cup, plus the enormity of this tournament on home soil, has meant every Canadian game has been the biggest in the program’s history.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Definition of enormity

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