far–flung

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Definition of FAR-FLUNG

1

having considerable extent <it could once be said that the sun never set on the far-flung British Empire>

Synonyms broad, deep, expansive, extended, far-flung, far-reaching, rangy, sweeping, wide, wide-ranging, widespread

Related Words comprehensive, general, global, inclusive; boundless, endless, infinite, limitless, unlimited; capacious, commodious, roomy, spacious

Near Antonyms circumscribed, limited, restricted

Antonyms narrow

2

not close in time or space <traveled to far-flung towns that had not seen a doctor in years>

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

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