Adjacent Words

Vista definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VIS'TA, n. [L. visus, video.] A view or prospect through an avenue, as between rows of trees; hence, the trees or other things that form the avenue.
The finish'd garden to the view its vistas opens and its alleys green.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Italian, sight, from visto, past participle of vedere to see, from Latin vid?re — more at wit Date: 1644 1. a distant view through or along an avenue or opening ; prospect 2. an extensive mental view (as over a stretch of time or a series of events)

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation Volunteers in Service to America

Merriam Webster's

geographical name city SW California N of San Diego population 89,857

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a long narrow view as between rows of trees. 2 a mental view of a long succession of remembered or anticipated events (opened up new vistas to his ambition). Derivatives: vistaed adj. Etymology: It., = view, f. visto seen, past part. of vedere see f. L videre

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vista Vis"ta, n.; pl. Vistas. [It., sight, view, fr. vedere, p. p. visto, veduto, to see, fr. L. videre, visum. See View, Vision.] A view; especially, a view through or between intervening objects, as trees; a view or prospect through an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue. The finished garden to the view Its vistas opens, and its alleys green. --Thomson. In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. --Burke. The shattered tower which now forms a vista from his window. --Sir W. Scott.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(vistas) 1. A vista is a view from a particular place, especially a beautiful view from a high place. (WRITTEN) From my bedroom window I looked out on a crowded vista of hills and rooftops. = panorama N-COUNT: with supp 2. A vista is a vision of a situation or of a range of possibilities. (FORMAL) These uprisings come from desperation and a vista of a future without hope. = vision N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. View (especially through an avenue), prospect, perspective.

Moby Thesaurus

airscape, cityscape, cloudscape, command, domination, eyereach, eyeshot, eyesight, field of view, field of vision, horizon, ken, landscape, limit of vision, line of sight, lookout, naked eye, outlook, outlook over, panorama, perspective, prospect, range, riverscape, scan, scape, scene, scenery, scenic view, scope, scope of vision, seascape, sight, sightliness, skyscape, survey, sweep, townscape, view, waterscape