Synonyms for far cry
far cry

Princeton's WordNet

1. far crynoun

   distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry

   "it's a far cry from here"

2. far crynoun

   a disappointing disparity

   "it was a far cry from what he had expected"

Matched Categories

1. • Disparity
   • Farness

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1. Eric Lucero:

   We absolutely want to hold law enforcement professionals accountable for decisions made, but that is a far cry from the push to defund the police. That has only emboldened the criminals, if this is what the city and (people in the city) want, then they should pay for the damages. Why should Minnesota residents living hours away foot the bill?

2. Andrew Morton:

   I was surprised by the parallel between Diana and Meghan, especially in those first two months inside the royal family, meghan said she felt low and isolated – Diana felt the same. For Diana, she felt [the palace] was a place of cold energy – a far cry from what felt on the outside. It was astonishing to me.

3. Akanimo Odon:

   There are two fundamental problems that currently exist which would be exacerbated should the government not take the right steps, with less than 15 higher institutions (both public and private), Lagos is a far cry from meeting its higher education demands.

4. Christopher Steele:

   A footnote saying something may be political is a far cry from letting the American people know that the Democrats and the Hillary (Clinton) campaign paid for dirt that the FBI then used to get a warrant on an American citizen to spy on another campaign.

5. Lindsay Zanno:

   As one of the earliest and oldest crocodylomorphs, Carnufex was a far cry from living crocodiles. It was an agile, terrestrial predator that hunted on land, carnufex predates the group that living crocodiles belong to.