Antonyms for far reaching
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : fahr-ree-ching |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɑrˈri tʃɪŋ |
- abbreviated
- abnormal
- abridged
- bounded
- calculable
- calm
- circumscribed
- close
- close-minded
- compressed
- concentrated
- condensed
- confined
- contracted
- cramped
- curtailed
- cut
- definite
- dull
- easy
- empty
- ending
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- exact
- exceptional
- excluding
- exclusive
- extraordinary
- facile
- finite
- fleeting
- flippant
- friendly
- funny
- happy
- ignorant
- immaterial
- imperfect
- inappreciable
- incomplete
- incomprehensible
- incomprehensive
- inconsequential
- individual
- inessential
- insignificant
- insincere
- lessened
- light
- limited
- little
- local
- low
- meaningless
- mild
- miniature
- minor
- minute
- moderate
- narrow
- near
- nearby
- needy
- nonessential
- novel
- on-course
- optional
- ordinary
- part
- partial
- particular
- powerless
- quiet
- rare
- reduced
- reserved
- restricted
- retail
- secondary
- selective
- shallow
- short
- shortened
- silent
- singular
- slight
- small
- small-minded
- soft
- specific
- straight
- stupid
- superficial
- teeny
- tiny
- trifling
- trivial
- unaccepted
- uncommon
- uncomprehensive
- uncritical
- unemotional
- uneventful
- unfinished
- unimportant
- unique
- unknown
- unnecessary
- unnoteworthy
- unremarkable
- unserious
- unsubstantial
- unusual
- useless
- voluntary
- warm
- weak
- worthless
Definition of far reaching
Origin :- 1824, from far + present participle of reach (v.).
- As in long : adj extended in space or time
- As in momentous : adj important; serious
- As in newsworthy : adj important
- As in panoramic : adj sweeping
- As in profound : adj intense; emotional
- As in serious : adj crucial, weighty
- As in vast : adj very large; wide in range
- As in wholesale : adj all-inclusive
- As in wide : adj expansive, roomy
- As in widespread : adj extensive
- As in broad : adj extensive
- As in all-round : adj general
- As in broad-spectrum : adj general
- As in overlong : adj long
- As in protracted : adj long
- As in comprehensive : adj inclusive
- As in consequential : adj significant
- As in exhaustive : adj all-inclusive, complete
- As in expansive : adj broad, comprehensive
- As in extended : adj widespread, comprehensive
- As in far-flung : adj widespread
- As in far-reaching : adj broad, widespread
- As in general : adj comprehensive
- As in important : adj valuable, substantial
- The stock is not extensive, but the price of the articles is far reaching.
- Extract from : « The Lumberjack Sky Pilot » by Thomas D. Whittles
- A momentous marriage this, and one of which the consequences were far reaching.
- Extract from : « The Story of Brussels » by Ernest Gilliat-Smith
- He realized at once the far reaching consequences of the calamity.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe on the Giants » by Lester Chadwick
- No other religion or philosophy has had success so various or so far reaching.
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Pastoral Epistles » by Alfred Plummer
- His life and work indicated a progress as distinct as it was far reaching.
- Extract from : « Engraving for Illustration » by Joseph Kirkbride
- This would be laughable if the results had not been so disastrous and far reaching.
- Extract from : « Latitude 19 degree » by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
- He was public spirited, far seeing and far reaching in his plans.
- Extract from : « Fifty Years In The Northwest » by William Henry Carman Folsom
- The feminism of Margaret Fuller is passionate and far reaching.
- Extract from : « Seeing Things at Night » by Heywood Broun
- But it was the topography, more than the far reaching view, which impressed me.
- Extract from : « A Maid of the Kentucky Hills » by Edwin Carlile Litsey
- These plans of Ayesha's were far reaching and indeed terrific.
- Extract from : « Ayesha » by H. Rider Haggard
Synonyms for far reaching
- abject
- absolute
- across the board
- across-the-board
- acute
- advanced
- all over the place
- all-around
- all-embracing
- all-encompassing
- all-inclusive
- all-out
- all-round
- ample
- arduous
- astronomical
- baggy
- big
- big-league
- bird's-eye
- blanket
- boundless
- broad
- broad-spectrum
- bulk
- capacious
- catholic
- chief
- chips are down
- collective
- colossal
- commodious
- common
- compendious
- complete
- comprehending
- comprehensive
- comprising
- consequential
- considerable
- conspicuous
- consummate
- containing
- continued
- copious
- critical
- crucial
- current
- dangerous
- decisive
- deep
- deep-seated
- deeply felt
- detailed
- determining
- difficult
- diffuse
- dilatant
- dilated
- discursive
- distant
- distended
- dragging
- drawn out
- drawn-out
- earnest
- earth-shaking
- earth-shattering
- ecumenical
- elastic
- elongate
- elongated
- embracive
- encircling
- encyclopedic
- endless
- enduring
- enlarged
- enormous
- epidemic
- epochal
- essential
- esteemed
- eternal
- eventful
- exceptional
- exhaustive
- exigent
- expanded
- expanding
- expansile
- expansive
- extended
- extensive
- extreme
- far-extending
- far-flung
- far-going
- far-off
- far-ranging
- far-reaching
- far-spread
- far-stretched
- faraway
- fateful
- fell
- foremost
- forever
- formidable
- from A to Z
- front-page
- full
- full-blown
- full-dress
- full-scale
- gangling
- general
- generic
- giant
- gigantic
- global
- grave
- great
- grievous
- grim
- hard
- heartfelt
- heartrending
- hearty
- heavy
- heavy number
- high
- historic
- huge
- illimitable
- immeasurable
- immense
- imperative
- important
- importunate
- in bulk
- in depth
- in quantity
- in the mass
- in-depth
- inclusive
- indiscriminate
- infinite
- influential
- intensive
- keen
- laborious
- lanky
- large
- large-scale
- lasting
- lengthened
- lengthy
- liberal
- limitless
- lingering
- lock stock and barrel
- lofty
- long
- long-drawn-out
- longish
- loose
- major
- mammoth
- marked
- mass
- massive
- material
- mattering much
- meaning business
- meaningful
- measureless
- memorable
- menacing
- miscellaneous
- momentous
- monstrous
- monumental
- necessary
- never-ending
- no joke
- no laughing matter
- no stone unturned
- nonspecific
- notable
- of consequence
- of great scope
- of moment
- of note
- of substance
- on a large scale
- open
- operose
- out for blood
- out-and-out
- outspread
- outstanding
- outstretched
- overall
- overlong
- pandemic
- panned
- panoramic
- paramount
- pervasive
- pivotal
- playing hard ball
- ponderous
- popular
- pressing
- prevailing
- prevalent
- primary
- principal
- prodigious
- profound
- progressive
- prolonged
- pronounced
- protracted
- public
- quantitative
- radical
- rampant
- rangy
- regnant
- relevant
- remote
- rife
- ruling
- running
- salient
- scenic
- scopic
- scopious
- serious
- severe
- signal
- significant
- sincere
- smoking
- sobering
- something
- spacious
- splay
- spread
- spread out
- spread-out
- spun out
- squat
- standout
- strenuous
- stretch
- stretched
- stretched-out
- stretching
- strictly business
- stringy
- substantial
- sustained
- sweeping
- synoptic
- taken as a whole
- tall
- the big picture
- the whole shebang
- the word
- the works
- thorough
- thoroughgoing
- threatening
- titanic
- tolerant
- total
- tough
- towering
- tremendous
- ubiquitous
- ugly
- umbrella
- unamusing
- unbounded
- unconfined
- undetailed
- unhumorous
- universal
- unlimited
- unrepressed
- unrestricted
- unsuppressed
- urgent
- utter
- vast
- vital
- voluminous
- wall-to-wall
- weighty
- whole
- whole-hog
- wholesale
- wide
- wide-extending
- wide-ranging
- wide-reaching
- wide-stretching
- widely distributed
- widespread
- without end
- worldwide
- worrying
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