Standard Lemma guide
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.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Distant or remote in relationship, space, or time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: far-off, outlying, distant, far, far-flung, faraway, outlandish, out of the way, remote
Antonyms: around the corner, citerior, close, close by, immediate, near, nearby, nigh, present, propinquitous, proximate
adj
Widely distributed, wide-ranging, or widespread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: common, ubiquitous, disseminated, far-flung, extensive, pervasive, predominant, prevailing, prevalent, regnant, rife, spread out, systemic, universal, widespread
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Widely but sparsely distributed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: scattered, dispersed
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
remote
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
distributed over a considerable extent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: widespread
Antonyms: none provided
History
From far + flung (“thrown”), suggesting something which has been thrown a long distance away from oneself.
