far

[fahr] / fɑr /

ADJECTIVE

at a great distance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deep distant long

STRONG

bit miles piece remote ways

WEAK

afar end of rainbow far piece far-flung far-off far-removed faraway good ways middle of nowhere out-of-the-way outlying removed stone's throw

ADVERB

considerably

Synonyms

STRONGEST

much significantly somewhat well

WEAK

decidedly extremely greatly incomparably notably quite very very much

ADVERB

at a great distance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deep distant long

STRONG

bit miles piece remote ways

WEAK

a good way a long way afar end of rainbow far piece far-flung far-off far-removed faraway good ways middle of nowhere out-of-the-way outlying removed stone's throw

Example Sentences

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"Everyone is willing to fight so far," he tells me from his hospital bed in a clinic hidden deep in the jungle.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Sales were up 3.2% compared with April, far ahead of a 0.7% consensus projection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

"We are going to wait very cautiously" Fujimori said Tuesday, "I think it is far too early to declare a winner, I must wait."

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Experts point at three main reasons for the steady prices but caution that a reckoning is not too far as the Strait of Hormuz remains at a standstill.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

They are activists, going as far back as Abigail’s time, 1795.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

far

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