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Synonyms & Antonyms of far
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to a great degree
- the solid advice that if you can't say something good about a person, it is far better to say nothing at all
Synonyms for far
- achingly,
- almighty,
- archly,
- awful,
- awfully,
- badly,
- beastly,
- blisteringly,
- bone,
- colossally,
- corking,
- cracking,
- damn,
- damned,
- dang,
- deadly,
- desperately,
- eminently,
- enormously,
- especially,
- ever,
- exceedingly
- (also exceeding),
- extra,
- extremely,
- fabulously,
- fantastically,
- fiercely,
- filthy,
- frightfully,
- full,
- greatly,
- heavily,
- highly,
- hugely,
- immensely,
- incredibly,
- intensely,
- jolly,
- majorly,
- mightily,
- mighty,
- monstrous
- [chiefly dialect],
- mortally,
- most,
- much,
- particularly,
- passing,
- rattling,
- real,
- really,
- right,
- roaring,
- roaringly,
- seriously,
- severely,
- so,
- sore,
- sorely,
- spanking,
- specially,
- stinking,
- such,
- super,
- supremely,
- surpassingly,
- terribly,
- that,
- thumping,
- too,
- unco,
- uncommonly,
- vastly,
- very,
- vitally,
- way,
- whacking,
- wicked,
- wildly
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adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of far (Entry 2 of 2)
1
lasting for a considerable time
- the primitive rafts that ancient peoples built for their far journeys across the wide expanses of Oceania
Synonyms for far
- extended,
- great,
- lengthy,
- long,
- long-drawn-out
- (or long-drawn),
- long-lived,
- long-term,
- marathon
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2
not close in time or space
- the dream of someday sending manned spacecraft to explore the far reaches of our solar system
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“Far.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/far. Accessed 2 Dec. 2021.
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