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farflung
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | widespread |
| Synonyms: | comprehensive, distant, extensive, far-extending, far-going, far-reaching, far-spread, far-stretched, global, long, remote, spacious, wide-extending, wide-ranging, wide-reaching, wide-stretching, widely distributed, widespread, without end |
| Main Entry: | distant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | faraway |
| Synonyms: | a piece, abroad, abstracted, apart, arm's length, asunder, away, backwoods, beyond range, far, far back, far-flung, far-off, farther, further, in the background, in the boonies, in the distance, in the sticks, inaccessible, indirect, isolated, middle of nowhere, not home, obscure, out of earshot, out of range, out of reach, out-of-the-way, outlying, remote, removed, retired, secluded, secret, separate, sequestered, telescopic, unapproachable, ways, wide of, yonder |
| Antonyms: | adjacent, close, near, nearby, neighboring |
| Main Entry: | extended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | widespread, comprehensive |
| Synonyms: | broad, enlarged, expanded, expansive, extensive, far-flung, far-reaching, large-scale, outspread, scopic, scopious, spread, sweeping, thorough, wide |
| Antonyms: | abbreviated, abridged, narrow, reduced |
| Main Entry: | extensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | far-reaching, thorough |
| Synonyms: | across the board, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, big, blanket*, boundless, broad, capacious, commodious, comprehensive, comprising, considerable, expanded, extended, far-flung, general, great, hefty, huge, inclusive, indiscriminate, large, large-scale, lengthy, long, major, pervasive, prevalent, protracted, roomy, scopic, scopious, sizable, spacious, sweeping, unexclusive, universal, unrestricted, vast, voluminous, wall to wall, wholesale, wide, wide-ranging, widespread |
| Antonyms: | limited, narrow, restricted, short, uncomprehensive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | far |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | at a great distance |
| Synonyms: | a good way, a long way, afar, bit, deep, distant, end of rainbow, far piece, far-flung, far-off, far-removed, faraway, good ways, long, middle of nowhere, miles, out-of-the-way, outlying, piece, remote, removed, stone's throw, ways |
| Antonyms: | close, near |
| Main Entry: | faraway |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | remote, distant |
| Synonyms: | absent, abstracted, beyond the horizon, distant, dreamy, far, far-flung, far-off, far-removed, lost, outlying, preoccupied, quite a ways, removed, well away |
| Antonyms: | close, near |
| Main Entry: | outlying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in rural area; remote |
| Synonyms: | afar, backwoods, distant, external, far-flung, far-off, faraway, off-lying, out-of-the-way, outer, peripheral, provincial, removed |
| Antonyms: | central, inner, middle |
| Main Entry: | out of the way |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secluded |
| Synonyms: | backwoods, distant, far-flung, faraway, godforsaken, inaccessible, isolated, lonely, obscure, off the beaten track, outer, outermost, outlying, peripheral, remote, sequestered |
| Antonyms: | accessible, handy, near |
| Main Entry: | remote |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out-of-the-way; in the distance |
| Synonyms: | alien, back, backwoods, beyond, boondocks, devious, distant, far, far-flung, far-off, faraway, foreign, frontier, god-knows-where, godforsaken, in a backwater, inaccessible, isolated, lonely, lonesome, middle of nowhere, obscure, off the beaten path, off-lying, outlandish, outlying, private, removed, retired, secluded, secret, undiscovered, unknown, unsettled, wild |
| Antonyms: | close, convenient, near, nearby |
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