EXPANSE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for EXPANSE?

Need another word that means the same as “expanse”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “expanse” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Expanse” are: area, surface area, sweep, stretch, tract, swathe, plain, field, belt, region, size, dimensions, magnitude, measurements

Expanse as a Noun

Definitions of "Expanse" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “expanse” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky.
• A wide scope.
• A wide continuous area of something.
• The distance to which something expands or can be expanded.
• The extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary.

Synonyms of "Expanse" as a noun (14 Words)

area	The extent or measurement of a surface or piece of land. It was his area of specialization.
belt	A belt worn as a sign of rank or achievement. He was awarded the victor s belt.
dimensions	One of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space.
field	Fielders collectively or the manner in which they are spread over the pitch. Fifty white stars on a blue field.
magnitude	A number assigned to the ratio of two quantities two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10. The magnitudes of all the economic variables could be determined.
measurements	The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule. The measurements were carefully done.
plain	A basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side. The coastal plain.
region	The approximate amount of something usually used prepositionally as in in the region of. Regions of outer space.
size	A person or garment corresponding to a particular numbered size. The only city of any size in that area.
stretch	The capacity for being stretched. There were stretches of boredom.
surface area	Information that has become public.
swathe	An enveloping bandage. Vast swathes of countryside.
sweep	A sweepstake. The whole sweep of the history of the USSR.
tract	An extended area of land. Large tracts of natural forest.

Usage Examples of "Expanse" as a noun

• The moth has a wing expanse of 20 to 24 mm.
• The green expanse of the forest.

Associations of "Expanse" (30 Words)

ample	(of a person’s figure) full or broad. An ample supply of consumer goods.
barren	A barren tract or tracts of land. Writing barren of insight.
big	Prodigious. A big eater.
breadth	The extent of something from side to side. The boat measured 27 feet in breadth.
brim	The top edge of a vessel or other container. He filled her glass to the brim.
broad	Showing or characterized by broad mindedness. A broad river.
capacious	Large in capacity. She rummaged in her capacious handbag.
commodious	Convenient. A commodious harbor.
expanded	Relatively broad in shape. The curved soffit is finished with a strip of expanded metal mesh.
extensive	(of agriculture) obtaining a relatively small crop from a large area with a minimum of capital and labour. Extensive farming techniques.
extensively	In a way that covers or affects a large area. He has written extensively about the project.
huge	Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope. Huge country estates.
large	A garment size for a large person. A large effect.
massive	Imposing in scale or scope or degree or power. A massive heart attack.
multinational	(of a business organization) operating in several countries. Multinational corporations.
opened	Made open or clear. The newly opened road.
outspread	Spread out. Outspread wings.
oversize	Larger than normal for its kind.
panoramic	Including all aspects of a subject; wide-ranging. A panoramic view.
plank	Make provide or cover with planks. The session usually include a lot of core work lunges planks and squats.
reach	An act of reaching out with one s arm. A giant over six feet seven with a reach of over 81 inches.
sized	Having the surface treated or coated with sizing. Comfortably sized rooms.
spacious	Very large in expanse or scope. A spacious view.
swath	A path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing.
tremendous	Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers. Penny put in a tremendous amount of time.
triumvirate	A group of three powerful or notable people or things. A triumvirate of three executive vice presidents.
vast	Of very great extent or quantity; immense. At vast or immense expense.
voluminous	(of clothes) very loose or full; having much fabric. A subject of voluminous legislation.
wide	A ball that is judged to be too wide of the stumps for the batsman to play for which an extra is awarded to the batting side. He played in a wide left position.
wingspan	The maximum extent across the wings of an aircraft or of a bird or other flying animal, measured from tip to tip. An eagle with a wingspan of 7 ft.