Synonyms for far flung
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : fahr-fluhng |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɑrˈflʌŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for far flung Other synonyms for the word far flung
- a good way
- a long way
- a piece
- abroad
- absent
- abstracted
- across the board
- afar
- alien
- all over the place
- all-embracing
- all-encompassing
- all-inclusive
- apart
- arm's length
- astronomical
- asunder
- away
- back
- beyond
- beyond range
- beyond the horizon
- bit
- blanket
- boondocks
- capacious
- commodious
- common
- comprehensive
- comprising
- copious
- current
- detailed
- devious
- diffuse
- distant
- dreamy
- encyclopedic
- end of rainbow
- enlarged
- epidemic
- eternal
- expanded
- expansive
- extended
- extensive
- external
- far
- far back
- far piece
- far-extending
- far-flung
- far-going
- far-off
- far-reaching
- far-removed
- far-spread
- far-stretched
- faraway
- farther
- foreign
- forever
- frontier
- further
- general
- giant
- gigantic
- global
- god-knows-where
- godforsaken
- good ways
- great
- hefty
- huge
- illimitable
- immeasurable
- immense
- in a backwater
- in the background
- in the boonies
- in the distance
- in the sticks
- inaccessible
- inclusive
- indirect
- indiscriminate
- infinite
- isolated
- large
- large-scale
- lengthy
- limitless
- lonely
- lonesome
- long
- lost
- major
- mammoth
- massive
- measureless
- middle of nowhere
- miles
- monstrous
- monumental
- never-ending
- nonspecific
- not home
- obscure
- off the beaten path
- off the beaten track
- off-lying
- on a large scale
- out of earshot
- out of range
- out of reach
- out-of-the-way
- outer
- outermost
- outlandish
- outlying
- outspread
- overall
- pandemic
- peripheral
- pervasive
- piece
- popular
- preoccupied
- prevailing
- prevalent
- private
- prodigious
- prolonged
- protracted
- provincial
- public
- quite a ways
- rampant
- regnant
- remote
- removed
- retired
- rife
- roomy
- ruling
- scopic
- scopious
- secluded
- secret
- separate
- sequestered
- sizable
- spacious
- spread
- spread-out
- stone's throw
- stretched-out
- sweeping
- telescopic
- thorough
- titanic
- tremendous
- ubiquitous
- unapproachable
- unbounded
- undetailed
- undiscovered
- unexclusive
- universal
- unknown
- unlimited
- unrestricted
- unsettled
- vast
- voluminous
- wall to wall
- wall-to-wall
- ways
- well away
- wholesale
- wide
- wide of
- wide-extending
- wide-ranging
- wide-reaching
- wide-stretching
- widely distributed
- widespread
- wild
- without end
- yonder
Définition of far flung
Origin :- 1895, from far + past tense of fling.
- As in outlying : adj in rural area; remote
- As in out of the way : adj secluded
- As in remote : adj out-of-the-way; in the distance
- As in vast : adj very large; wide in range
- As in widespread : adj extensive
- As in broad : adj extensive
- As in distant : adj faraway
- As in extended : adj widespread, comprehensive
- As in extensive : adj far-reaching, thorough
- As in far : adj at a great distance
- As in faraway : adj remote, distant
- As in far-flung : adj widespread
- She was at the center of a far flung concavity of crest and range.
- Extract from : « The Chalice Of Courage » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
- So far flung was their fame as money-lenders that usury was called “Fuggerei”!
- Extract from : « Germany and the Germans » by Price Collier
- In fact, it might well change the entire course of the war in the far flung Pacific.
- Extract from : « Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal » by Robert Sydney Bowen
- The Texan, instead of trying to catch some view of the far flung battle lines, was out to increase his score.
- Extract from : « Aces Up » by Covington Clarke
- Near the end of the third day Captain Robb contacted his far flung crew members over helmet intercom.
- Extract from : « Moon Glow » by G. L. Vandenburg
- About it, in far flung streamers of cold fire shone the mighty zodiacal light, an Aurora on a titanic scale.
- Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell
- He began to suspect that it was not really a member of any group, but was a far flung outpost visited but rarely.
- Extract from : « The Sun Of Quebec » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- Far flung along the pleasant valley lay a vast picture possible in no other land or day.
- Extract from : « The Covered Wagon » by Emerson Hough
- This trend toward country living, now so far flung as to be a characteristic of American life, is not just a fad.
- Extract from : « If You're Going to Live in the Country » by Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley
- It was far flung over broken ground and strewn with wrecks of war.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
Antonyms for far flung
- abbreviated
- abridged
- accessible
- adjacent
- approachable
- befriended
- bounded
- calculable
- central
- close
- close-minded
- compressed
- concentrated
- condensed
- contracted
- convenient
- curtailed
- cut
- empty
- ending
- exclusive
- finite
- friendly
- gentle
- handy
- inner
- insignificant
- kind
- known
- lessened
- likely
- limited
- little
- local
- loved
- middle
- mingling
- miniature
- minute
- narrow
- near
- nearby
- neighboring
- open
- particular
- possible
- probable
- public
- reduced
- related
- relevant
- restricted
- short
- shortened
- slight
- small
- small-minded
- sociable
- sympathetic
- teeny
- tiny
- trivial
- uncomprehensive
- unimportant
- warm
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