" far "

1: to a great degree;

  * e.g., " ... the solid advice that if you can't say something good about a person, it is far better to say nothing at all "

•  Synonyms : 

•  achingly,

•  almighty,

•  archly,

•  awful,

•  awfully,

•  badly,

•  beastly,

•  blisteringly,

•  bone,

•  colossally,

•  corking,

•  cracking,

•  damn,

•  damned,

•  dang,

•  deadly,

•  desperately,

•  eminently,

•  enormously,

•  especially,

•  ever,

•  exceedingly,

•  extra,

•  extremely,

•  fabulously,

•  fantastically,

•  fiercely,

•  filthy,

•  frightfully,

•  full,

•  greatly,

•  heavily,

•  highly,

•  hugely,

•  immensely,

•  incredibly,

•  intensely,

•  jolly,

•  majorly,

•  mightily,

•  mighty,

•  monstrous,

•  mortally,

•  most,

•  much,

•  particularly,

•  passing,

•  rattling,

•  real,

•  really,

•  right,

•  roaring,

•  roaringly,

•  seriously,

•  severely,

•  so,

•  sore,

•  sorely,

•  spanking,

•  specially,

•  stinking,

•  such,

•  super,

•  supremely,

•  surpassingly,

•  terribly,

•  that,

•  thumping,

•  too,

•  unco,

•  uncommonly,

•  vastly,

•  very,

•  vitally,

•  way,

•  whacking,

•  wicked,

•  wildly

•  Antonyms : 

•  little,

•  negligibly,

•  nominally,

•  slightly,

•  somewhat

1: by a considerable margin;

  * e.g., " ... that Mexican restaurant is far and away the best in the area "

•  Synonyms : 

•  head and shoulders

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: in every place or in all places;

  * e.g., " ... we searched far and wide for a surgeon who could perform that delicate operation "

•  Synonyms : 

•  all over,

•  everyplace,

•  everywhere,

•  high and low,

•  throughout

•  Antonyms : 

•  nowhere

1: lasting for a considerable time;

  * e.g., " ... the primitive rafts that ancient peoples built for their far journeys across the wide expanses of Oceania "

•  Synonyms : 

•  extended,

•  great,

•  lengthy,

•  long,

•  long-drawn-out,

•  long-lived,

•  long-term,

•  marathon

•  Antonyms : 

•  brief,

•  little,

•  mini,

•  short,

•  shortish,

•  short-lived,

•  short-term

2: not close in time or space;

  * e.g., " ... the dream of someday sending manned spacecraft to explore the far reaches of our solar system "

•  Synonyms : 

•  away,

•  deep,

•  distant,

•  far-flung,

•  far-off,

•  faraway,

•  remote,

•  removed

•  Antonyms : 

•  close,

•  near,

•  nearby,

•  nigh

1: not likely to be true or to occur;

  * e.g., " ... an exciting thriller, but one with a far-fetched plot that no sensible person could believe "

•  Synonyms : 

•  doubtful,

•  dubious,

•  flimsy,

•  improbable,

•  questionable,

•  unapt,

•  unlikely

•  Antonyms : 

•  likely,

•  probable

1: having considerable extent;

  * e.g., " ... it could once be said that the sun never set on the far-flung British Empire "

•  Synonyms : 

•  broad,

•  deep,

•  expansive,

•  extended,

•  extensive,

•  far-reaching,

•  rangy,

•  sweeping,

•  wide,

•  wide-ranging,

•  widespread

•  Antonyms : 

•  narrow

2: not close in time or space;

  * e.g., " ... traveled to far-flung towns that had not seen a doctor in years "

•  Synonyms : 

•  away,

•  deep,

•  distant,

•  far,

•  far-off,

•  faraway,

•  remote,

•  removed

•  Antonyms : 

•  close,

•  near,

•  nearby,

•  nigh

1: not close in time or space;

  * e.g., " ... many a young person has joined the military with the hope of traveling to far-off places "

•  Synonyms : 

•  away,

•  deep,

•  distant,

•  far,

•  far-flung,

•  faraway,

•  remote,

•  removed

•  Antonyms : 

•  close,

•  near,

•  nearby,

•  nigh

1: different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion;

  * e.g., " ... the religious sect's far-out clothes and practices made them the talk of the small town "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bizarre,

•  bizarro,

•  cranky,

•  crazy,

•  curious,

•  eccentric,

•  erratic,

•  funky,

•  funny,

•  kinky,

•  kooky,

•  odd,

•  off-kilter,

•  off-the-wall,

•  offbeat,

•  out-of-the-way,

•  outlandish,

•  outré,

•  peculiar,

•  quaint,

•  queer,

•  queerish,

•  quirky,

•  remarkable,

•  rum,

•  screwy,

•  spaced-out,

•  strange,

•  wacky,

•  way-out,

•  weird,

•  weirdo,

•  wild

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: having considerable extent;

  * e.g., " ... to the pioneers the far-reaching prairies seemed like an endless sea of grass "

•  Synonyms : 

•  broad,

•  deep,

•  expansive,

•  extended,

•  extensive,

•  far-flung,

•  rangy,

•  sweeping,

•  wide,

•  wide-ranging,

•  widespread

•  Antonyms : 

•  narrow

1: a long distance;

  * e.g., " ... the hotel is a far cry from the train station, so you'd better call a cab "

•  Synonyms : 

•  afar,

•  country mile,

•  long haul,

•  mile

•  Antonyms : 

•  hair,

•  inch,

•  step,

•  stone's throw