Meaning

1 senses
  1. Superlative form of far: most far

    Most distant in time, space or degree.

    The furthest known galaxy is about 13 billion light years from Earth.

    (comparatives of ‘far’) most remote in space or time or order

Examples

13 sentences
  1. He's the furthest thing from my mind.

  2. Tom threw the ball furthest of us.

  3. The man who throws the furthest will be the winner.

  4. Paul was leaning against the furthest wall from the door.

  5. People are especially fascinated by that which is furthest from them.

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Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (comparatives of ‘far’) most remote in space or time or order:farthermostfarthestfurthermostutmostuttermost

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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