far
far Lexical Profile
far Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Situated at a great distance in space or time.
"The explorers set out to map the far reaches of the uncharted continent."
More distant than another object, side, or end of the same kind.
"They set up their campsite on the far side of the mountain lake."
Representing the most extreme or radical wing of a political movement or spectrum.
"The candidate struggled to win support from the far wing of the party."
• adverb
At, to, or by a great distance in space or time.
"The migratory birds travel far across the ocean every autumn."
By a great deal; to a much greater degree or extent.
"The final engineering blueprint was far more complex than we had initially anticipated."
To a certain point, stage, or degree of progress.
"How far have you gotten with reading the historical manuscript?"
• noun
A distant place or a great distance (used chiefly after prepositions such as 'from').
"Visitors traveled from near and far to attend the annual cultural festival."
Word Nuance & Usage
The comparative and superlative forms 'farther'/'farthest' and 'further'/'furthest' are often used interchangeably for physical distance, though many style guides prefer 'farther' for literal physical distance and 'further' for figurative extent or degree.
• Rhymes for far
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'feor' (at a great distance, long ago), of Proto-Germanic origin and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root '*per-' (beyond, through), which also gave rise to Greek 'pera' (beyond) and Sanskrit 'parah' (distant).