VISTA
Dictionary entry overview: What does vista mean?
• VISTA (noun)
The noun VISTA has 1 sense:
1. the visual percept of a region
Familiarity information: VISTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VISTA (noun)
Meaning:
The visual percept of a region
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
panorama; vista; view; aspect; scene; prospect
Context example:
the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views
Hypernyms ("vista" is a kind of...):
visual image; visual percept (a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vista"):
background; ground (the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground)
coast (the area within view)
exposure (aspect re light or wind)
foreground (the part of a scene that is near the viewer)
glimpse (a brief or incomplete view)
middle distance (the part of a scene between the foreground and the background)
side view (a view from the side of something)
tableau (any dramatic scene)
