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Definition of FAR

1

lasting for a considerable time <the primitive rafts that ancient peoples built for their far journeys across the wide expanses of Oceania>

Synonyms extended, far, great, lengthy, long-drawn-out (or long-drawn), long-lived, long-term

Related Words aeonian (or aeonic), endless, everlasting, interminable, persistent; longish, overlong, prolonged, protracted; permanent; all-day, all-night; multiday, multiyear

Near Antonyms abrupt, sudden; abbreviated, condensed, curtailed, shortened; ephemeral, fleeting, momentary, transient, transitory; impermanent; short-range

Antonyms brief, little, mini, short, shortish, short-lived, short-term

2

not close in time or space <the dream of someday sending manned spacecraft to explore the far reaches of our solar system>

Synonyms away, deep, far, faraway, far-flung, far-off, remote, removed

Related Words apart, devious, isolated, lonesome, nowhere, obscure, odd, outlying, out-of-the-way, retired, secluded, secret, sequestered

Near Antonyms adjacent, adjoining, contiguous

Antonyms close, near, nearby, nigh