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Synonyms for far fetched
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : fahr-fecht |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɑrˈfɛtʃt |
Top 10 synonyms for far fetched Other synonyms for the word far fetched
- adopted
- alienated
- all wet
- amazing
- ambiguous
- antipodal
- artificial
- astounding
- awesome
- barbarian
- barbaric
- beyond belief
- borderline
- borrowed
- breathtaking
- capricious
- chancy
- chimerical
- clouded
- cockamamie
- cockeyed
- comical
- contingent
- crazy
- debatable
- derived
- dicey
- diffident
- disputable
- disreputable
- distant
- divine
- doubtable
- doubtful
- dubious
- dubitable
- eccentric
- equivocal
- erratic
- estranged
- exiled
- expatriate
- external
- extralocal
- extraneous
- extraordinary
- extravagant
- extreme
- extrinsic
- fabulous
- fallacious
- fanciful
- fantastic
- far
- far-fetched
- far-off
- faraway
- fat chance
- fictional
- fishy
- flaky
- flimsy
- fly-by-night
- foolish
- for the birds
- forced
- foreign
- freakish
- from abroad
- full of holes
- full of hot air
- funny
- glorious
- grotesque
- hallucinatory
- hard to swallow
- harebrained
- hazardous
- hazy
- headstrong
- hesitant
- hundred-to-one
- iffy
- illogical
- illusive
- imaginative
- immigrant
- implausible
- imported
- impossible
- improbable
- impugnable
- inaccessible
- incogitable
- incoherent
- inconceivable
- inconclusive
- incongruous
- inconsequential
- inconsistent
- incredible
- indecisive
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- insane
- insecure
- insupposable
- invalid
- irrational
- kooky
- labored
- lamebrained
- long shot
- loose
- ludicrous
- mad
- misleading
- moot
- mootable
- nonnative
- nonresident
- nonsensical
- not domestic
- not expected
- not native
- obscure
- odd
- off the wall
- offshore
- on thin ice
- open
- open to doubt
- opinionated
- out of sight
- out of the question
- out of this world
- outlandish
- outside
- outside chance
- overseas
- past belief
- peculiar
- pending
- perplexed
- phantasmagorical
- phony
- precarious
- preposterous
- problematic
- prodigious
- quaint
- queer
- questionable
- quirky
- rare
- reaching
- reasonless
- recondite
- reluctant
- remarkable
- remote
- ridiculous
- rings phony
- scatterbrained
- screwy
- sensational
- senseless
- shady
- silly
- singular
- skeptical
- slim
- slim and none
- sneaky
- spectacular
- speculative
- splendid
- staggering
- strained
- strange
- stupendous
- stupid
- superb
- suppositious
- suspect
- suspicious
- terrific
- thick
- thin
- thoughtless
- too much
- touch and go
- touch-and-go
- touchy
- transoceanic
- trustless
- unaccustomed
- unassured
- unbelievable
- uncertain
- unclear
- unconfirmed
- unconventional
- unconvinced
- unconvincing
- undecided
- undependable
- uneasy
- unexplored
- unfamiliar
- unheard of
- unimaginable
- unknown
- unlikely
- unnatural
- unreal
- unrealistic
- unreasoned
- unreliable
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsubstantial
- unsure
- untenable
- unthinkable
- untrustworthy
- untrusty
- up for grabs
- vacant
- wacky
- wavering
- weak
- weird
- whimsical
- wild
- won't hold water
- won't wash
- wonderful
- wondrous
- wrong
Définition of far fetched
Origin :- also far fetched, farfetched, 1560s, "brought from afar," from far + past participle of fetch. An earlier form was far fet (1530s). Figurative sense is from c.1600.
- As in improbable : adj not likely
- As in incredible : adj beyond belief
- As in unbelievable : adj beyond the imagination
- As in unreasonable : adj not logical or sensible
- As in fantastical : adj marvelous
- As in unapt : adj doubtful
- As in doubtful : adj questionable, unclear
- As in dubious : adj doubtful
- As in fantastic : adj strange, different; imaginary
- As in far-fetched : adj hard to believe
- As in fishy : adj doubtful, suspicious
- As in foreign : adj from another country, experience
- As in gonzo : adj bizarre
- The imaginative will at once say that the contention is too far fetched.
- Extract from : « The Curse of Education » by Harold E. Gorst
- Yet the resemblance is far fetched, is only a hazy similarity.
- Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
- Nor is such a parallel as far fetched as might at first appear.
- Extract from : « 'Murphy' » by Major Gambier-Parry
- It does seem a little "far fetched" in me when I come to consider the circumstances.
- Extract from : « Juggernaut » by George Cary Eggleston
- It is sometimes called Bear's Cabbage, but this name is far fetched, both as regards bears and cabbages!
- Extract from : « Field Book of Western Wild Flowers » by Margaret Armstrong
- He aimed for ever at something new, far fetched, ingenious, and pointed.
- Extract from : « A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence » by Cornelius Tacitus
- (There is a far fetched meaning of this passage given in the gloss).
- Extract from : « The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2) » by Valmiki
- As to the assumption that Margaret Fuller served as a model for Zenobia, that seems to me so far fetched as to be near absurdity.
- Extract from : « My Friends at Brook Farm » by John Van Der Zee Sears
- Education becomes unreal and far fetched, while industry becomes ruthless and materialistic.
- Extract from : « The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets » by Jane Addams
- Hence it is not as far fetched as it might seem at first sight to ascribe to the Tolowa a population in 1850 of nearly 2,400.
- Extract from : « The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California » by Sherburne Friend Cook
Antonyms for far fetched
- aboveboard
- bad
- balanced
- believable
- believing
- certain
- characteristic
- cheap
- circumspect
- clear
- common
- commonplace
- conceivable
- confident
- confirmed
- consistent
- conventional
- convinced
- correct
- credible
- customary
- decided
- definite
- determined
- doubtless
- economical
- exact
- familiar
- honest
- imaginable
- indubious
- intelligent
- known
- likely
- little
- local
- logical
- low
- national
- native
- natural
- normal
- ordinary
- ostensible
- plain
- plausible
- poor
- positive
- possible
- practical
- pragmatic
- probable
- probably
- rational
- real
- realistic
- reasonable
- regular
- relevant
- reliable
- resolved
- right
- safe
- sane
- secure
- sensible
- serious
- settled
- small
- stable
- strong
- sure
- tenable
- terrible
- tiny
- trusting
- trustworthy
- trusty
- truthful
- unambiguous
- undoubted
- undoubtful
- unimaginative
- unobscure
- unpleasant
- unquestionable
- unsuspicious
- usual
- wise
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