Synonyms for expanse
ɪkˈspænsex·panse

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.2 / 6 votes

1. expanse

   Synonyms:
   vast, void, space, breadth

   Antonyms:
   limit, enclosure, confine, bound

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1. sweep, expansenoun

   a wide scope

   "the sweep of the plains"

   Synonyms:
   surface area, sweep, sweep oar, slam, area, end run, chimneysweep, chimneysweeper

2. area, expanse, surface areanoun

   the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary

   "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"

   Synonyms:
   surface area, domain, country, sweep, arena, sphere, region, field, orbit, area

3. expansenoun

   a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky

   Synonyms:
   surface area, sweep, area

Matched Categories

1. • Extent
   • Range
   • Space

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1. expansenoun

   Synonyms:
   extent, expansion, expanded surface

2. expansenoun

   Synonyms:
   firmament, arch of the sky

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1. List of paraphrases for "expanse":

   extent

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1. Thomas Graziano:

   This is the broadest expanse of area in the United States that weve projected with an elevated risk that I can remember, is this the perfect storm? I dont know.

2. Unknown:

   Fishing gives you a sense of where you fit in the sceme of things - Your place in the universe...I, mean, here I am, one small guy with a fishing pole on this vast beach and out there in the blue expanse of ocean are these hundreds of millions of fish...laughing at me.

3. Roisin Lavelle:

   It's lovely, mostly all you see is waves and rocks, so it has been been really lovely to see a big expanse of sand.

4. Abraham Kuyper:

   In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, That is mine

5. Robert G. Ingersoll:

   Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought...