farther
Meaning of farther
- at, to, or by a great distance (used to indicate the extent to which one thing is distant from another).
the house was not too far away
the mountains far in the distance glowed in the sun
- over a large expanse of space or time.
he had not travelled far
that's why we have come so far and done as well as we have
- by a great deal.
he is able to function far better than usual
Old English feorr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ver, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit para and Greek pera ‘further’.
adverb, comparative adverb- at, to, or by a greater distance (used to indicate the extent to which one thing or person is or becomes distant from another).
for some time I had wanted to move further from London
the EU seems to have moved further away from the original aims
- over a greater expanse of space or time; for a longer way.
we had walked further than I realized
wages have been driven down even further
- more distant in space than something else of the same kind.
two men were standing at the further end of the clearing
- additional to what already exists or has already taken place, been done, or been accounted for.
cook for a further ten minutes
Old English furthor (adverb), furthra (adjective), fyrthrian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to forth.
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Hyphenation of farther
far-ther
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- farther is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
farther synonyms
Meaning further:
Meaning at or to a distance:
Meaning to a great extent; a great deal:
Meaning by a notably large amount or to a notably large extent; greatly:
Meaning to an extent which is clearly noticeable; significantly:
Meaning to an extreme or extensive degree; immensely:
Meaning undoubtedly; undeniably:
Meaning by a considerable amount; very much:
Meaning in a sufficiently great or important way as to be worthy of attention:
Meaning to a great or significant extent:
Meaning to an appreciable extent; considerably:
Meaning in a way that is easily seen or noticed; clearly:
Meaning in a significant way; considerably:
Meaning without difficulty or effort:
Meaning (of a place) situated far from the main centres of population; distant:
Meaning distant from a point seen as central; extreme:
Meaning further; additional:
Meaning situated on the other or further side when seen from a specified or implicit viewpoint; facing:
Meaning as an extra factor or circumstance:
Meaning a greater or additional amount or degree of:
Meaning added, extra, or supplementary to what is already present or available:
Meaning added to an existing or usual amount or number; additional:
Meaning completing or enhancing something:
Meaning provided in addition to what is already present or available to complete or enhance it:
Meaning in addition to another or others already existing:
Meaning (of food) recently made or obtained; not tinned, frozen, or otherwise preserved:
farther antonyms
Meaning at or to a short distance away; nearby:
Meaning to a small degree; not considerably:
Meaning the last part of a performance, collection, or series:
Meaning located a short distance away:
Words that rhyme with farther
Bairnsfather, Cather, Fairweather, Father, Godfather, Heather, Mather, Prather, Rather, Starkweather, aqualeather, aweather, bather, befeather, belfather, bellweather, bequeather, blather, breakweather, breather, cofather, eldfather, father, feather, forefather, foregather, forgather, gather, gayfeather, godfather, grandfather, grather, gudefather, heather, housefather, inbreather, ingather, lather, leather, loather, mather, misfather, mouthbreather, nather, outbreather, overlather, overleather, overweather, pinfeather, pregather