Phrase guide

far left

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The most radical part of the political left wing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hard left, ultraleft

Antonyms: far right

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

radical or extremely liberal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From far + left, after French extrême gauche.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أقصى اليسار (ʔaqṣā al-yasār) — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Belarusian: ультралевы (ulʹtraljevy) — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Belarusian: крайне левы (krajnje ljevy) — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Catalan: extrema esquerra — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Catalan: ultraesquerra — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Chinese Mandarin: 極左 /极左 (jízuǒ) — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Czech: krajní levice — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Czech: ultralevice — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Esperanto: ekstrema maldekstro — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Finnish: äärivasemmisto — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Finnish: laitavasemmisto — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • French: extrême gauche — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Galician: extrema esquerda — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Galician: ultraesquerda — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • German: Linksextremismus — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Greek: ακροαριστερά (akroaristerá) — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Hebrew: שמאל רדיקלי (smól radikalí) — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Hungarian: szélsőbaloldal — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Japanese: 極左 (kyokusa) — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Korean: 극좌 (geukjwa) — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Occitan: extrèma esquèrra — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Polish: skrajna lewica — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Portuguese: extrema-esquerda — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Portuguese: ultraesquerda — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Romanian: extremă stângă — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Russian: ультрале́вый (ulʹtralévyj) — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Russian: кра́йне ле́вый (krájne lévyj) — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Spanish: ultraizquierda — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Spanish: extrema izquierda — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Swedish: extremvänster — most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • Yiddish: עקסט לינקע (ekst linke) — most left-wing political or religious grouping