Standard Lemma guide

far

adj · adv · name · noun · verb · 25 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • fär
  • Received-Pronunciation: /fɑː/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /fɑɹ/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /fɐː/
  • New-Zealand: /faː/
  • Scotland: /faɹ/
  • South-Asia: /fɑ(r)/
  • /fæːɹ/ Dublin
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: F AA1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Distant; remote in space.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He went to a far land.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Remote in time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the far far future

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Long.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

More remote of two.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • See those two mountains? The ogre lives on the far one.
  • He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • They are on the far right on this issue.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

Examples

  • far heap; far memory; far pointer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adv

Meaning 8

To, from or over a great distance in space, time or other extent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • You have all come far and you will go further.
  • He built a time machine and travelled far into the future.
  • Over time, his views moved far away from mine.
  • You've gone far enough. Actually, a bit too far.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: long

Antonyms: none provided

9

adv

Meaning 9

Very much; by a great amount.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He was far richer than we'd thought.
  • The expense far exceeds what I expected.
  • I saw a tiny figure far below me.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

name

Meaning 10

Initialism of Federal Aviation Regulations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, proscribed

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

name

Meaning 11

Initialism of Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Emmer (a type of wheat), especially in the context of Roman use of it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A litter of piglets; a farrow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dialectal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

Initialism of floor area ratio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To send far away.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

adjective

Meaning 16

located at a great distance in time or space or degree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: near

17

adjective satellite

Meaning 17

being of a considerable distance or length

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a far trek

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

adjective satellite

Meaning 18

beyond a norm in opinion or actions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the far right

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

adjective satellite

Meaning 19

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the horse on the right is the far horse
  • the right side is the far side of the horse

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

adverb

Meaning 20

at or to or from a great distance in space

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he traveled far
  • strayed far from home
  • sat far away from each other

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

adverb

Meaning 21

remote in time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

adverb

Meaning 22

to a considerable degree; very much

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

adverb

Meaning 23

at or to a certain point or degree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

adverb

Meaning 24

to an advanced stage or point

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a young man who will go very far

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

noun

Meaning 25

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, ALIR, Former Armed Forces, Interahamwe

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ferre, fer, Old English feor, feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai

From Latin far. Doublet of farro.

Across languages

Translations

301 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aghwan: 𐔽𐔰𐕀𐔼 (ˁaxi) — remote in space
  • Ainu: トゥイマ (tuyma) — remote in space
  • Albanian: larg — remote in space
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 遠さり (θūsari) — remote in space
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 遠さむっ (tūsam) — remote in space
  • Amharic: ሩቅ (ruḳ) — remote in space
  • Arabic: بَعِيد (baʕīd) — remote in space
  • Arabic: بعيد (beʕīd) — remote in space
  • Arabic: بعيدة (beʕīda) — remote in space
  • Arabic: بعاد (buʕād) — remote in space
  • Arabic: بعيد (baʕīd) — remote in space
  • Arabic: بعيد (bʕīd) — remote in space
  • Arabic: بعيدة (bʕīda) — remote in space
  • Arabic: بعاد (bʕād) — remote in space
  • Armenian: հեռու (heṙu) — remote in space
  • Ashkun: sadu — remote in space
  • Azerbaijani: uzaq — remote in space
  • Bashkir: алыҫ (alıś) — remote in space
  • Bashkir: йыраҡ (yıraq) — remote in space
  • Belarusian: далёкі (daljóki) — remote in space
  • Bengali: দুরে (dure) — remote in space
  • Bengali: দূর (dur) — remote in space
  • Central Bikol: harayo — remote in space
  • Bouyei: jail — remote in space
  • Bulgarian: дале́чен (daléčen) — remote in space
  • Burmese: ဝေးကွာ (we:kwa) — remote in space
  • Buryat: холо (xolo) — remote in space
  • Catalan: llunyà — remote in space
  • Cebuano: layo — remote in space
  • Cherokee: ᎢᎾ (ina) — remote in space
  • Chinese Cantonese: 遠 /远 (jyun5) — remote in space
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 远 (huon) — remote in space
  • Chinese: 遠 /远 (zh-min-nan) — remote in space
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遠的 /远的 (yuǎn de) — remote in space
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遠離的 /远离的 (yuǎnlí de) — remote in space
  • Chinese Mandarin: 更遠的 /更远的 (gèngyuǎn de) — remote in space
  • Crimean Tatar: erek — remote in space
  • Czech: daleký — remote in space
  • Danish: langt borte — remote in space
  • Danish: fjern — remote in space
  • Dutch: ver — remote in space
  • Erzya: васолдонь (vasoldoń) — remote in space
  • Esperanto: fora — remote in space
  • Estonian: kauge — remote in space
  • Even: гор (gor) — remote in space
  • Evenki: горо (goro) — remote in space
  • Finnish: kaukainen — remote in space
  • Finnish: kaukana oleva — remote in space
  • Finnish: etäinen — remote in space
  • French: lointain — remote in space
  • French: éloigné — remote in space
  • French: reculé — remote in space
  • West-Frisian: fier — remote in space
  • Friulian: lontan — remote in space
  • Galician: remoto — remote in space
  • Galician: afastado — remote in space
  • Georgian: შორეული (šoreuli) — remote in space
  • German: fern — remote in space
  • German: weit entfernt — remote in space
  • German: weit weg — remote in space
  • Greek: μακριά (makriá) — remote in space
  • Ancient Greek: μακρός (makrós) — remote in space
  • Haitian Creole: lontan — remote in space
  • Hawaiian: mamao — remote in space
  • Hebrew: רחוק (rakhók) — remote in space
  • Higaonon: madiyo — remote in space
  • Hindi: दूर (dūr) — remote in space
  • White Hmong: deb — remote in space
  • Hungarian: messze — remote in space
  • Hungarian: messzi — remote in space
  • Icelandic: fjarri — remote in space
  • Ido: distanta — remote in space
  • Igbo: anya — remote in space
  • Indonesian: jauh — remote in space
  • Irish: fada — remote in space
  • Italian: lontano — remote in space
  • Japanese: 遠い (tōi) — remote in space
  • Japanese: 遥かな (haruka na) — remote in space
  • Jeju: 멀다 (meolda) — remote in space
  • Kamkata-viri: bādūř — remote in space
  • Kashubian: daleczi — remote in space
  • Kazakh: алыс (alys) — remote in space
  • Khinalug: узах (uzaꭓ) — remote in space
  • Khmer: ឆ្ងាយ (chngaay) — remote in space
  • Kikai: 遠さい (θūsai) — remote in space
  • Korean: 먼 (meon) — remote in space
  • Korean: 멀다 (meolda) — remote in space
  • Kryts: йукъта — remote in space
  • Kumyk: узакъдагъы (uzaqdağı) — remote in space
  • Kumyk: йыракъдагъы (yıraqdağı) — remote in space
  • Kunigami: 遠せん (tūsen) — remote in space
  • Central Kurdish: دوور (dûr) — remote in space
  • Northern Kurdish: dûr — remote in space
  • Ladino: leshos — remote in space
  • Ladino: londji (Monastir, Sarajevo) — remote in space
  • Lao: ໄກ (kai) — remote in space
  • Latgalian: tuols — remote in space
  • Latgalian: tuoleims — remote in space
  • Latgalian: tuoleima — remote in space
  • Latin: procul — remote in space
  • Latin: remōtus — remote in space
  • Latvian: tāls — remote in space
  • Latvian: tālu — remote in space
  • Lezgi: йаргъа (jarġa) — remote in space
  • Lithuanian: tolimas — remote in space
  • : ᦺᦂ (k̇ay) — remote in space
  • Macedonian: далечен (dalečen) — remote in space
  • Maguindanao: mawatan — remote in space
  • Malay: jauh — remote in space
  • Brunei Malay: jauh — remote in space
  • Malayalam: ദൂര (dūra) — remote in space
  • Maltese: bgħid — remote in space
  • Maltese: mbiegħed m. — remote in space
  • Mambae: ro — remote in space
  • Manchu: ᡤᠣᡵᠣ (goro) — remote in space
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: meziyu' — remote in space
  • Maranao: mawatan — remote in space
  • Mauritian Creole: lwintin — remote in space
  • Central Melanau: jauk — remote in space
  • Miyako: 遠 (tū) — remote in space
  • Mon: ဇ္ၚဲ (jṅay) — remote in space
  • Mongolian: хол (xol) — remote in space
  • Khiamniungan Naga: úilē — remote in space
  • Nahuatl: ueca — remote in space
  • Neapolitan: luntano — remote in space
  • Norwegian: langt borte — remote in space
  • Norwegian: fjern — remote in space
  • Occitan: luènh — remote in space
  • Northern Ohlone: wat̄inik — remote in space
  • Okinawan: 遠さん (tūsan) — remote in space
  • Okinoerabu: 遠さん (tūsan) — remote in space
  • Papiamentu: leu — remote in space
  • Pashto: لرې (lëre) — remote in space
  • Persian: دور (dur) — remote in space
  • Polabian: dolĕk — remote in space
  • Polish: daleki — remote in space
  • Portuguese: longe — remote in space
  • Portuguese: distante — remote in space
  • Quechua: karu — remote in space
  • Romani: dur — remote in space
  • Romanian: departe — remote in space
  • Romanian: îndepărtat — remote in space
  • Russian: далёкий (daljókij) — remote in space
  • Russian: да́льний (dálʹnij) — remote in space
  • Sanskrit: दूर (dūrá) — remote in space
  • Scots: faur — remote in space
  • Serbo-Croatian: далек — remote in space
  • Serbo-Croatian: dalek — remote in space
  • Seri: aamo — remote in space
  • Sicilian: luntanu — remote in space
  • Slovak: ďaleký — remote in space
  • Slovene: dáleč — remote in space
  • Somali: fog — remote in space
  • Somali: dheer — remote in space
  • Lower Sorbian: daloki — remote in space
  • Upper Sorbian: daloki — remote in space
  • Spanish: lejano — remote in space
  • Spanish: ulterior — remote in space
  • Spanish: postrero — remote in space
  • Spanish: postrer — remote in space
  • Spanish: postrimero — remote in space
  • Spanish: postremero — remote in space
  • Spanish: lueñe — remote in space
  • Sundanese: tebih — remote in space
  • Swahili: mbali — remote in space
  • Swedish: fjärran — remote in space
  • Swedish: långt bort — remote in space
  • Swedish: avlägsen — remote in space
  • Tagalog: malayo — remote in space
  • Tajik: дур (dur) — remote in space
  • Talysh: دور (dur) — remote in space
  • Tamil: தூரமான (tūramāṉa) — remote in space
  • Tarantino: lundane — remote in space
  • Telugu: దూరము (dūramu) — remote in space
  • Tetum: dook — remote in space
  • Thai: ไกล (glai) — remote in space
  • Tigre: ሩዩም (ruyum) — remote in space
  • Tocharian B: akañce — remote in space
  • Tokunoshima: 遠さい (tūsai) — remote in space
  • Tregami: sudu — remote in space
  • Turkish: uzak — remote in space
  • Turkish: ırak — remote in space
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوزاق (uzak) — remote in space
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایراق (ırak) — remote in space
  • Turkmen: uzak — remote in space
  • Udi: аъхиъл (a̱ꭓi̱l) — remote in space
  • Ukrainian: дале́кий (dalékyj) — remote in space
  • Urdu: دور (dūr) — remote in space
  • Uzbek: uzoq — remote in space
  • Vietnamese: xa — remote in space
  • Vietnamese: xa xôi — remote in space
  • Waigali: sūdi — remote in space
  • Walloon: å lon — remote in space
  • Welsh: pell — remote in space
  • Yaeyama: 遠さん (tūsan) — remote in space
  • Yakut: ыраах (ïraaq) — remote in space
  • Yonaguni: 遠ん (tūn) — remote in space
  • Yoron: 遠さん (tūsan) — remote in space
  • Yoruba: jìnnà — remote in space
  • Zazaki: dur — remote in space
  • Zazaki: ata — remote in space
  • Zazaki: durî — remote in space
  • Zealandic: varre — remote in space
  • Zhuang: gyae — remote in space
  • Armenian: ուշ (uš) — remote in time
  • Central Bikol: haloy — remote in time
  • Bulgarian: отдалечен (otdalečen) — remote in time
  • Catalan: llunyà — remote in time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 久遠 /久远 (jiǔyuǎn) — remote in time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 久 (jiǔ) — remote in time
  • Finnish: etäinen — remote in time
  • Finnish: kaukainen — remote in time
  • French: reculé — remote in time
  • Galician: remoto — remote in time
  • Georgian: მოგვიანებითი (mogvianebiti) — remote in time
  • White Hmong: deb — remote in time
  • Norwegian: fjern — remote in time
  • Pashto: لرې (lëre) — remote in time
  • Romanian: îndepărtat — remote in time
  • Swedish: avlägsen — remote in time
  • Swedish: långt in i — remote in time
  • Turkish: uzak — remote in time
  • Turkish: ırak — remote in time
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوزاق (uzak) — remote in time
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایراق (ırak) — remote in time
  • Catalan: llunyà — long
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大 (dà) — long
  • Chinese Mandarin: 長 /长 (cháng) — long
  • Finnish: pitkä — long
  • Korean: 긴 (gin) — long
  • Zazaki: berz (diq) — long
  • Bashkir: арғы (arğı) — more remote or longer of two
  • Bengali: দুরের (durer) — more remote or longer of two
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遠的 /远的 (yuǎn de) — more remote or longer of two
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遠離的 /远离的 (yuǎnlí de) — more remote or longer of two
  • Chinese Mandarin: 更遠的 /更远的 (gèngyuǎn de) — more remote or longer of two
  • Finnish: etäinen — more remote or longer of two
  • Finnish: kaukainen — more remote or longer of two
  • Catalan: extrem — extreme
  • Chinese Mandarin: 極端 /极端 (jíduān) — extreme
  • Chinese Mandarin: 極 /极 (jí) — extreme
  • Finnish: äärimmäinen — extreme
  • Finnish: ääri- — extreme
  • French: extrême — extreme
  • Portuguese: extremo — extreme
  • Portuguese: extrema — extreme
  • Romanian: extrem — extreme
  • Spanish: extremo — extreme
  • Swedish: ytterst — extreme
  • Swedish: extrem — extreme
  • Abkhaz: хара (xara) — at a great distance
  • Bengali: দুরে (dure) — at a great distance
  • Czech: daleko — at a great distance
  • Esperanto: malproksime — at a great distance
  • Even: горла (gorla) — at a great distance
  • Evenki: городу (gorodu) — at a great distance
  • Finnish: kaukana — at a great distance
  • Finnish: etäällä — at a great distance
  • French: loin — at a great distance
  • Georgian: შორს (šors) — at a great distance
  • German: fern — at a great distance
  • German: entfernt — at a great distance
  • German: weit — at a great distance
  • Hungarian: messze — at a great distance
  • Hungarian: távol — at a great distance
  • Italian: lontano — at a great distance
  • Māori: (whā)mamao — at a great distance
  • Māori: tawhiti — at a great distance
  • Mauritian Creole: lwin — at a great distance
  • Nanai: горо (goro) — at a great distance
  • Polish: daleko — at a great distance
  • Romanian: departe — at a great distance
  • Russian: далеко́ (dalekó) — at a great distance
  • Spanish: lejos — at a great distance
  • Catalan: enllà — to, from or over a great distance
  • Catalan: ençà — to, from or over a great distance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遠的 /远的 (yuǎn de) — to, from or over a great distance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遠離的 /远离的 (yuǎnlí de) — to, from or over a great distance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 更遠的 /更远的 (gèngyuǎn de) — to, from or over a great distance
  • Czech: daleko — to, from or over a great distance
  • Czech: zdaleka — to, from or over a great distance
  • Finnish: kaukana — to, from or over a great distance
  • Finnish: kauas — to, from or over a great distance
  • Finnish: kaukaa — to, from or over a great distance
  • Finnish: etäällä — to, from or over a great distance
  • Finnish: etäälle — to, from or over a great distance
  • Finnish: etäältä — to, from or over a great distance
  • Finnish: kaukainen — to, from or over a great distance
  • Finnish: etäinen — to, from or over a great distance
  • French: loin — to, from or over a great distance
  • Hungarian: messze — to, from or over a great distance
  • Hungarian: távol — to, from or over a great distance
  • Hungarian: messzire — to, from or over a great distance
  • Latin: longē — to, from or over a great distance
  • Mauritian Creole: lwin — to, from or over a great distance
  • Mòcheno: vèrr — to, from or over a great distance
  • Khiamniungan Naga: úilē — to, from or over a great distance
  • Norwegian: langt — to, from or over a great distance
  • Ossetian: дард (dard) — to, from or over a great distance
  • Russian: далеко́ (dalekó) — to, from or over a great distance
  • Swedish: långt — to, from or over a great distance