adjective
- Located at a great distance in time or space or degree.
- usage: "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future"
- synonyms: far
- Being of a considerable distance or length.
- usage: "a far trek"
- synonyms: far
- Being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle.
- usage: "the horse on the right is the far horse"; "the right side is the far side of the horse"
- synonyms: far
- Beyond a norm in opinion or actions.
- usage: "the far right"
- synonyms: far
- Comparatives of `far'. ( most remote in space or time or order)
- usage: "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula"
- synonyms: farthermost, farthest, furthermost, utmost, uttermost
adverb
- To a considerable degree; very much.
- usage: "a far far better thing that I do"; "felt far worse than yesterday"; "eyes far too close together"
- synonyms: far
- At or to or from a great distance in space.
- usage: "he traveled far"; "strayed far from home"; "sat far away from each other"
- synonyms: far
- At or to a certain point or degree.
- usage: "I can only go so far before I have to give up"; "how far can we get with this kind of argument"
- synonyms: far
- Remote in time.
- usage: "if we could see far into the future"; "all that happened far in the past"
- synonyms: far
- To an advanced stage or point.
- usage: "a young man who will go very far"
- synonyms: far
- To the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense. )
- usage: "went the furthest of all the children in her education"; "furthest removed from reality"; "she goes farthest in helping us"
- synonyms: farthest
- To the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense. )
- usage: "see who could jump the farthest"; "chose the farthest seat from the door"; "he swam the furthest"
- synonyms: farthest
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