Definitions

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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"In all the areas I've worked in… it's by far the worst here," one of the officers involved, PC Victoria Gaunt, told us.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Brinker stock trades at 13 times forward earnings, far below the multiples for restaurant peers.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Using a technique known as Approximate Bayesian Computation, the researchers worked backward from the fossil record to estimate how far organisms spread and how intensely they competed for resources.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

He lived in the Hollywood Hills not far from where he suffered the medical emergency.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The University of Arkansas wasn’t as far away as she would have liked, but it wasn’t Oklahoma, so when they offered her a full scholarship, she got in the truck and took off.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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