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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So far, NextEra has promised $2.25 billion worth of bill credits for Dominion’s customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"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

These deals are predicated on continued exponential growth of demand for AI cloud computing over the next four years–particularly at OpenAI–and that’s far from guaranteed.

From Barron's • 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

He’d even gone so far as to say it made him look…respectable.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

far

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