Synonyms of afield

afield

adverb

ə-ˈfēld 

as in wrong

off the desired or intended path or course

how did we get so far afield from the subject we intended to discuss?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrong
• astray
• awry
• badly
• incorrectly
• amiss
• mistakenly
• improperly
• wrongly
• inappropriately
• inadequately
• insufficiently
• faultily
• unpromisingly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• well
• right
• perfectly
• favorably
• aright
• properly
• rightly
• correctly
• appropriately
• suitably
• auspiciously
• promisingly
• fittingly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of afield

Further afield, Particular Crowd bought Latin America, Falcon Films took the Middle East and North Africa and BookMyShow acquired India. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026

Further afield is Park Güell, a complex of gardens featuring Gaudí’s signature architectural details and colours. — Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026

The result is that farmers who would normally bring their cargo to traders at the Black Sea ports of Odesa must now find buyers further afield. — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2026

Students come from across Italy and sometimes from farther afield. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026

Calvert-Lewin, Mateta and Toney represent solid, proven options, but there are exciting, longer-term alternatives at centre-forward if United are brave enough to cast their net further afield. — Thom Harris, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2026

The Ebola outbreak that began in DR Congo is becoming a continental crisis after authorities initially underestimated its spread, the head of Africa’s public health agency told Semafor as new cases were reported as far afield as Nigeria. — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Japanese producers have been co-producing with their East Asian neighbors in Taiwan and South Korea for quite some time but have recently been venturing further afield into Southeast Asia and Europe. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026

Wandering further afield, Wright recounts the case of Walker Railey, a Methodist minister accused of strangling his wife and leaving her in a vegetative state. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026