far
Adjective
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Located at a great distance in time or space or degree (synset 300444378)
"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"tells us about: distance - the property created by the space between two objects or pointssimilar to:
- cold - of a seeker; far from the object sought
- distant, remote - located far away spatially
- distant, remote, removed - separate or apart in time
- far-off, faraway - very far away in space or time
- farther - more distant in especially space or time
- farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost - (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
- farther, further - more distant in especially degree
- off the beaten track, out of the way, out-of-the-way - remote from populous or much-traveled regions
- outlying - relatively far from a center or middle
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Being of a considerable distance or length (synset 301437592)
"a far trek"similar to: long - primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified
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Being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle (synset 302039793)
"the horse on the right is the far horse"; "the right side is the far side of the horse"similar to: right - being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
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Beyond a norm in opinion or actions (synset 301539576)
"the far right"similar to: immoderate - beyond reasonable limits
Noun
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A terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again (synset 108033653)
"in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists"referred to in: act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling feardomain region: ruanda, rwanda, rwandese republic - a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colonyis an instance of: foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization - a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
Adverb
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To a considerable degree;
Very much (synset 400101873)"a far far better thing that I do"; "felt far worse than yesterday"; "eyes far too close together" -
At or to or from a great distance in space (synset 400101601)
"he traveled far"; "strayed far from home"; "sat far away from each other"
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At or to a certain point or degree (synset 400102040)
"I can only go so far before I have to give up"; "how far can we get with this kind of argument?"
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Remote in time (synset 400101751)
"if we could see far into the future"; "all that happened far in the past"
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To an advanced stage or point (synset 400102205)
"a young man who will go very far"
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