Synonyms for far
fɑrfar

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1. Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, ALIR, Former Armed Forces, FAR, Interahamweadjective

   a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again

   "in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists"

   Antonyms:
   short, moderate, hot, nearby, close, adjacent, nigh, near, warm, left

2. faradjective

   located at a great distance in time or space or degree

   "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future"

   Antonyms:
   nigh, warm, close, near, short, moderate, adjacent, hot, nearby, left

3. faradjective

   being of a considerable distance or length

   "a far trek"

   Antonyms:
   adjacent, nearby, hot, nigh, close, near, moderate, short, left, warm

4. faradjective

   being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle

   "the horse on the right is the far horse"; "the right side is the far side of the horse"

   Antonyms:
   nigh, left, moderate, hot, short, warm, close, near, nearby, adjacent

5. faradverb

   beyond a norm in opinion or actions

   "the far right"

   Antonyms:
   nigh, hot, left, warm, moderate, short, near, close, adjacent, nearby

6. faradverb

   to a considerable degree; very much

   "a far far better thing that I do"; "felt far worse than yesterday"; "eyes far too close together"

   Antonyms:
   adjacent, left, hot, nearby, close, nigh, moderate, short, warm, near

7. faradverb

   at or to or from a great distance in space

   "he traveled far"; "strayed far from home"; "sat far away from each other"

   Antonyms:
   warm, left, nigh, near, hot, short, close, nearby, adjacent, moderate

8. faradverb

   at or to a certain point or degree

   "I can only go so far before I have to give up"; "how far can we get with this kind of argument?"

   Antonyms:
   hot, near, nigh, close, warm, adjacent, short, nearby, moderate, left

9. faradverb

   remote in time

   "if we could see far into the future"; "all that happened far in the past"

   Antonyms:
   nearby, nigh, close, hot, moderate, warm, short, near, adjacent, left

10. faradverb

    to an advanced stage or point

    "a young man who will go very far"

    Antonyms:
    warm, near, nearby, adjacent, nigh, moderate, hot, close, short, left

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1. faradjective

   Synonyms:
   remote, distant, not near

2. faradjective

   Synonyms:
   to a great distance

3. faradjective

   Synonyms:
   almost, well-nigh, in great part

4. faradjective

   Synonyms:
   very much, in a great degree

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1. faradjective

   Synonyms:
   distant, remote, alienated, estranged, unfriendly

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1. List of paraphrases for "far":

   much, now, date, very, distant, away, lungi, considerably, many, significantly, al-aqsa, well, extreme, long, day, greatly, quite, aqsa, here, substantially, measure

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1. Paulo Saldiva:

   A lot of attention has been paid to Rio's water pollution, but far more people die because of air pollution than the water, you are not obligated to drink water from Guanabara Bay but you must breathe Rio's air.

2. Philadelphia Flyers:

   That’s the reason I’m here, i’m here to win. I’m here to help the team win. That’s the reason why this trade happened. This team has a great chance to go far in the playoffs. Obviously, there’s a lot of great teams in the East, but coming to this team, I think I can help this team. And it’s time to go to work.

3. Lana Wood:

   As far as I’m concerned, we’re still on the case, i’m hoping that perhaps somebody’s son or daughter would have seen or remembered something. There’s got to be more people out there that know something.

4. Norman Douglas:

   What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes. Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings-- they are so trite, so threadbare. None the less they embody the concentrated experience of the race, and the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot be far wrong. Has any man ever attained to inner harmony by pondering the experience of others? Not since the world began! He must pass through fire.

5. Nicholas Smith:

   The panic is starting to subside, so, instead of being intensely focused on China, people are starting to look more broadly at the international picture, and, the rest of the developed world seems to be chugging along reasonably well outside of some problems in commodities nations and emerging markets. North America and Europe are doing just fine and that's what really drives things as far as Japan is concerned--the shopping malls of rich nations.