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expanse

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of EXPANSE

a wide space or area <the great explorers who crossed the vast expanses of the seven seas in small ships>

Synonyms breadth, distance, expansion, extent, field, length, plain, reach, sheet, spread, stretch, waste

Related Words domain, sphere, territory; compass, range, scope, sweep; gamut, scale, spectrum; depth, emptiness, void; extension, latitude, span; amplitude, immensity, magnitude

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