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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distant |
| Synonyms: | at a distance, far, far-removed, faraway, outlying, remote, removed |
| Main Entry: | extreme |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | faraway |
| Synonyms: | far-off, farthest, final, furthermost, last, most distant, outermost, outmost, remotest, terminal, ultimate, utmost, uttermost |
| Antonyms: | close, near |
| Main Entry: | faint |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having little effect on senses |
| Synonyms: | aside, bated, bland, bleached, blurred, breathless, deadened, deep, delicate, dim, distant, dull, dusty, faded, faltering, far-off, feeble, gentle, hazy, hoarse, hushed, ill-defined, imperceptible, inaudible, indistinct, lenient, light, low, low-pitched, mild, moderate, muffled, murmuring, muted, muttering, obscure, out of earshot, padded, pale, piano, quiet, remote, shadowy, slight, smooth, soft, softened, soothing, stifled, subdued, tenuous, thin, unclear, vague, wan, weak, whispered |
| Notes: | faint (verb) means to pass out from weakness or to lose consciousness - faint (adjective) means barely perceptible or lacking clarity or distinctness; feint (noun) means any distracting or deceptive maneuver - feint (verb) means to deceive by a mock action |
| Antonyms: | clear, distinct, heavy, loud, strong |
| 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: | foreign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | from another country, experience |
| Synonyms: | adopted, alien, alienated, antipodal, barbarian, barbaric, borrowed, derived, different, distant, estranged, exiled, exotic, expatriate, external, extralocal, extraneous, extrinsic, far, far-fetched, far-off, faraway, from abroad, immigrant, imported, inaccessible, nonnative, nonresident, not domestic, not native, offshore, outlandish, outside, overseas, remote, strange, transoceanic, unaccustomed, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown |
| Antonyms: | local, national, native |
| Main Entry: | inaccessible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out of reach |
| Synonyms: | aloof, away, beyond, distant, elusive, far, far-off, faraway, impassable, impervious, impracticable, insurmountable, not at hand, out-of-the-way, remote, unachievable, unapproachable, unattainable, unavailable, unfeasible, ungettable, unobtainable, unreachable, unrealizable, unworkable |
| Antonyms: | accessible, approachable, reachable |
| Main Entry: | last |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | final; newest |
| Synonyms: | aftermost, antipodal, at the end, bitter end, climactic, closing, concluding, conclusive, crowning, curtains, definitive, determinate, determinative, end, ending, endwise, eventual, extreme, far, far-off, farthest, finishing, furthest, hindmost, lag, latest, least, lowest, meanest, most recent, once and for all, outermost, rearmost, remotest, supreme, swan song, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, utmost, uttermost |
| Notes: | last is the lowest in an ordering or series while latter means referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned |
| Antonyms: | beginning, first, front, initial, introductory, oldest, primary, starting |
| Main Entry: | long |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extended in space or time |
| Synonyms: | continued, deep, distant, drawn out, elongate, elongated, enduring, enlarged, expanded, extensive, far-off, far-reaching, faraway, gangling, great, high, lanky, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, lofty, longish, outstretched, prolonged, protracted, rangy, remote, running, spread out, spun out, stretch, stretched, stretching, stringy, sustained, tall, towering |
| Antonyms: | abbreviated, abridged, short |
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