Synonyms for far fetched

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fahr-fecht

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɑrˈfɛtʃt

Top 10 synonyms for far fetched

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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

Example sentences :

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

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