far

The word “far” has 1 syllable: far

It's pronounced as /fɑr/


What is synonym and antonym for far?

In the thesaurus, “far” has 188 synonyms and 39 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for far along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for far

  • a good way
  • a long way
  • a lot
  • absolutely
  • abundantly
  • achingly
  • aeonian
  • aeonic
  • afar
  • all-day
  • all-night
  • almighty
  • altogether
  • amazingly
  • apart
  • appreciably
  • archly
  • as all get-out
  • astonishingly
  • astronomically
  • away
  • awful
  • awfully
  • badly
  • beastly
  • bit
  • blisteringly
  • bone
  • colossally
  • completely
  • considerably
  • corking
  • cracking
  • damn
  • damned
  • dang
  • deadly
  • decidedly
  • deep
  • deeply
  • desperately
  • devious
  • discernibly
  • distant
  • downright
  • eminently
  • end of rainbow
  • endless
  • enormously
  • entirely
  • especially
  • ever
  • everlasting
  • exceeding
  • exceedingly
  • exceptionally
  • excessively
  • extended
  • extensively
  • extra
  • extremely
  • fabulously
  • fantastically
  • far piece
  • far-flung
  • far-off
  • far-removed
  • faraway
  • fiercely
  • filthy
  • flat-out
  • frightfully
  • full
  • fully
  • good and
  • good ways
  • grandly
  • great
  • greatly
  • heavily
  • highly
  • hugely
  • immensely
  • incomparably
  • incredibly
  • intensely
  • interminable
  • isolated
  • jolly
  • lengthy
  • lonesome
  • long
  • long-drawn
  • long-drawn-out
  • long-lived
  • long-term
  • longish
  • majorly
  • marathon
  • markedly
  • middle of nowhere
  • mightily
  • mighty
  • miles
  • monstrous
  • monstrously
  • monumentally
  • mortally
  • most
  • much
  • multiday
  • multiyear
  • notably
  • noticeably
  • nowhere
  • obscenely
  • obscure
  • obviously
  • odd
  • out-of-the-way
  • outlying
  • overlong
  • overmuch
  • palpably
  • particularly
  • passing
  • permanent
  • persistent
  • piece
  • plainly
  • plentifully
  • positively
  • profoundly
  • prolonged
  • protracted
  • purely
  • quite
  • radically
  • rattling
  • real
  • really
  • remarkably
  • remote
  • removed
  • retired
  • right
  • roaring
  • roaringly
  • secluded
  • secret
  • sequestered
  • seriously
  • severely
  • significantly
  • so
  • somewhat
  • sore
  • sorely
  • spanking
  • specially
  • staggeringly
  • stinking
  • substantially
  • such
  • super
  • supremely
  • surpassingly
  • terribly
  • that
  • thoroughly
  • thumping
  • too
  • totally
  • unco
  • uncommonly
  • utterly
  • vastly
  • very
  • very much
  • visibly
  • vitally
  • way
  • ways
  • well
  • whacking
  • wholly
  • wicked
  • wildly

Antonyms for far

  • abbreviated
  • abrupt
  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • barely
  • brief
  • close
  • condensed
  • contiguous
  • curtailed
  • ephemeral
  • fleeting
  • hardly
  • impermanent
  • just
  • little
  • marginally
  • meagerly
  • mini
  • minimally
  • momentary
  • near
  • nearby
  • negligibly
  • nigh
  • nominally
  • scantily
  • scarcely
  • short
  • short-lived
  • short-range
  • short-term
  • shortened
  • shortish
  • slightly
  • somewhat
  • sudden
  • transient
  • transitory

Meanings of far

  • adjective
    1. Distant; remote in space.
    2. Remote in time.
    3. Long.
    4. More remote of two.
    5. Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.
    6. Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.
    7. Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
  • adverb
    1. To, from or over a great distance in space, time or other extent.
    2. Very much; by a great amount.
  • noun
    1. Spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta), especially in the context of Roman use of it.
    2. A litter of piglets; a farrow.

Example Sentences

  • The mountain peak seemed so far away, but they were determined to reach it.
  • It is far better to be safe than sorry.
  • She moved far from her hometown to explore new opportunities.
  • The road stretches far into the horizon, disappearing from view.
  • They traveled far and wide to find the perfect location for their new business.

On this page you'll find 227 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to far, such as: a good way, a long way, a lot, abbreviated, abrupt, absolutely, abundantly.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • abandoned
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  • affronted
  • bad-mouthed
  • baneful
  • baseborn
  • bastard
  • bastardized
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  • begrimed
  • belittled
  • blemished
  • boorish
  • cankered
  • castigated
  • censured
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  • clinging
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  • confounded
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  • defamed
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  • degenerate
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  • demeaned
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  • dirtied
  • discomfited
  • disconcerted
  • discounted
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  • discredited
  • disgraced
  • dishonored
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  • dissolute
  • downgraded
  • embarrassed
  • evil
  • execrated
  • fazed
  • flagitious
  • flawed
  • flustered
  • fouled
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  • humble
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  • humiliated
  • hurt
  • ignoble
  • illegitimate
  • immature
  • impaired
  • indigent
  • infamous
  • inferior
  • insulted
  • junior
  • knavish
  • lessened
  • lesser
  • libeled
  • libelled
  • loose
  • low
  • lower-class
  • lowered
  • lowly
  • maligned
  • marred
  • mean
  • mercenary
  • minimized
  • minor
  • miscreant
  • monstrous
  • mortified
  • nefarious
  • nonaristocratic
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • ordinary
  • perverse
  • perverted
  • plain
  • plebeian
  • poisoned
  • polluted
  • poor
  • profaned
  • profligate
  • prostituted
  • put down
  • rattled
  • reliant
  • relying on
  • reprehended
  • reprobated
  • ridiculed
  • rotten
  • ruined
  • sank
  • secondary
  • shamed
  • slandered
  • smirched
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • stained
  • subordinate
  • subverted
  • sunk
  • tainted
  • tarnished
  • thinned
  • tied to apron strings
  • took down
  • under
  • under thumb
  • ungenteel
  • unsustaining
  • venal
  • villainous
  • vitiated
  • vulnerable
  • warped
  • watered down
  • weakened
  • wrecked
  • wrote off

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