Phrase guide

far right

noun · 1 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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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌfɑː ˈɹʌɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌfɑɹ ˈɹaɪt/

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noun

Meaning 1

The most right-wing or conservative part of a political faction or grouping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hard right, ultraright, reich-wing

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From far + right, after French extrême droite.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: ultraeskuin — extreme right wing
  • Basque: mutur eskuin — extreme right wing
  • Basque: eskuin mutur — extreme right wing
  • Belarusian: ультраправы (ulʹtrapravy) — extreme right wing
  • Belarusian: крайне правы (krajnje pravy) — extreme right wing
  • Bulgarian: крайнодясно (krajnodjasno) — extreme right wing
  • Bulgarian: екстремно дясно (ekstremno djasno) — extreme right wing
  • Bulgarian: ултрадясно (ultradjasno) — extreme right wing
  • Catalan: extrema dreta — extreme right wing
  • Catalan: ultradreta — extreme right wing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 極右翼 /极右翼 (jíyòuyì) — extreme right wing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 極右 /极右 (jíyòu) — extreme right wing
  • Czech: krajní pravice — extreme right wing
  • Czech: ultrapravice — extreme right wing
  • Danish: højreekstremisme — extreme right wing
  • Dutch: extreemrechts — extreme right wing
  • Dutch: ultrarechts — extreme right wing
  • Esperanto: ekstrema dekstro — extreme right wing
  • Estonian: paremäärmuslus — extreme right wing
  • Finnish: äärioikeisto — extreme right wing
  • Finnish: laitaoikeisto — extreme right wing
  • French: extrême droite — extreme right wing
  • Galician: extrema dereita — extreme right wing
  • Galician: ultradereita — extreme right wing
  • German: Rechtsextremismus — extreme right wing
  • Greek: ακροδεξιά (akrodexiá) — extreme right wing
  • Hebrew: ימין רדיקלי (yamín radikalí) — extreme right wing
  • Hungarian: szélsőjobboldal — extreme right wing
  • Indonesian: ekstrem kanan — extreme right wing
  • Italian: estrema destra — extreme right wing
  • Japanese: 極右 (kyokuu) — extreme right wing
  • Korean: 극우 (geugu) — extreme right wing
  • Polish: skrajna prawica — extreme right wing
  • Portuguese: extrema-direita — extreme right wing
  • Portuguese: ultradireita — extreme right wing
  • Romanian: extremă dreaptă — extreme right wing
  • Russian: ультраправый (ulʹtrapravyj) — extreme right wing
  • Russian: крайне правый (krajne pravyj) — extreme right wing
  • Spanish: extrema derecha — extreme right wing
  • Spanish: ultraderecha — extreme right wing
  • Swedish: högerextremism — extreme right wing
  • Swedish: extremhöger — extreme right wing
  • Turkish: aşırı sağ — extreme right wing
  • Yiddish: עקסט רעכטע (ekst rekhte) — extreme right wing