vastus

Meaning

1. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2, literally) Empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.
2. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively, literally) Empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.
3. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) Desolate, deserted, made lonely.
4. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed.
5. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) Vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous. (of size)
6. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively) Vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous. (of size)

Concepts

beyond measure

blank

cavernous

empty

enormous

gargantuan

gigantic

huge

swingeing

vasty

great big

mammonic

Synonyms

immensus

inanis

vacuus

vanus

ingens

Translations

vaste

vide

فارغ

enorme

vast

immens

immens

gewaltig

kolossal

leer

riesig

unübersehbar

unermesslich

ungeheuer

جسيم

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈwaːs.tʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wāstos, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)weh₂-stos, from *h₁weh₂- (“empty, wasted”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *wāstos (“empty”) and Proto-Germanic *wōstaz (whence English waste, German Wüste) and related to Latin vānus and vacō.