Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
far (adverb)1.
at or to a considerable distance in space - wandered far from home
2.
a) to a great extent - much far better methods
b) by a broad interval - widely the far distant future
3.
to or at a definite distance, point, or degree - as far as I know
4.
to an advanced point or extent - a bright student will go far worked far into the night
5.
at a considerable distance in time - not far from the year 1870
1.
a) remote in space
b) distinctly different in quality or relationship
c) remote in time
2.
a) - long a far journey
b) of notable extent - comprehensive a man of far vision
3.
the more distant of two - the far end
4.
- extreme the far left a far right political organization
federal air regulation
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
far (adjective)1.
lasting for a considerable time
SYNONIMS:
extended, far, great, lengthy, long-drawn-out ( long-drawn), long-lived, long-termRELATED WORDS:
aeonian ( aeonic), endless, everlasting, interminable, persistent; longish, overlong, prolonged, protracted; permanent; all-day, all-night; multiday, multiyearNEAR ANTONYMS:
abrupt, sudden; abbreviated, condensed, curtailed, shortened; ephemeral, fleeting, momentary, transient, transitory; impermanent; short-range2.
not close in time or space
SYNONIMS:
away, deep, far, faraway, far-flung, far-off, remote, removedRELATED WORDS:
apart, devious, isolated, lonesome, nowhere, obscure, odd, outlying, out-of-the-way, retired, secluded, secret, sequesteredNEAR ANTONYMS:
adjacent, adjoining, contiguousto a great degree
SYNONIMS:
achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly ( exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous, mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildlyRELATED WORDS:
absolutely, altogether, completely, downright, entirely, flat-out, fully, positively, purely, radically, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly; deeply, profoundly; exceptionally, notably, remarkably; considerably, extensively, significantly, substantially; appreciably, discernibly, markedly, noticeably, obviously, palpably, plainly, visibly; abundantly, plentifully; astronomically, grandly, monstrously, monumentally; excessively, obscenely, overmuch; amazingly, astonishingly, staggeringlyNEAR ANTONYMS:
meagerly, scantily; barely, hardly, just, marginally, minimally, scarcely
