Far is an adverb that refers to something that is located at a distance, distant, or remote. The antonyms of far are near, close, and adjacent. Near refers to something that is relatively close to the speaker or the object being spoken about. Something that is close is located at a short distance from the object or person. Adjacent implies that an object or person is located nearby, but not necessarily touching. These antonyms of far are often used to indicate proximity or distance, depending on the context of the statement. In summary, knowing the antonyms of far can help to create clear and concise communication, especially in conversations where distance is an important factor.

What are the antonyms for Far?

• adj.

  • adjacent
  • close by
  ,
  • more alongside
  ,
  • more beside
  ,
  • most alongside
  ,
  • most beside
  ,
  • neighboring
  ,
  • next door
  ,
  • touching
  .
  • adjoining
  • nearby
  .
  • all
  • near
  .
  • almost; nearly
  • practically
  .
  • approaching, promising
  • coming
  .
  • appropriate, useful
  • convenient
  .
  • approximate
  • Unprecise
  ,
  • close together
  ,
  • more almost
  ,
  • more guessed
  ,
  • more surmised
  ,
  • more unprecise
  ,
  • most almost
  ,
  • most guessed
  ,
  • most imprecise
  ,
  • most surmised
  ,
  • most unprecise
  ,
  • un precise
  ,
  • un scientific
  ,
  • un-scientific
  ,
  • verging on
  .
  • at hand, on the way
  • imminent
  .
  • bordering
  • more bounding
  ,
  • more edging
  ,
  • more skirting
  ,
  • most bounding
  ,
  • most edging
  ,
  • most skirting
  ,
  • on the edge of
  .
  • close
  • across street
  ,
  • across the street
  ,
  • around corner
  ,
  • around the corner
  ,
  • buddy buddy
  ,
  • buddy-buddy
  ,
  • buddybuddy
  ,
  • buttoning up
  ,
  • chokier
  ,
  • chokiest
  ,
  • choky
  ,
  • clamming up
  ,
  • close grained
  ,
  • close lipped
  ,
  • close-grained
  ,
  • close-lipped
  ,
  • closegrained
  ,
  • closelipped
  ,
  • cozy with
  ,
  • de voted
  ,
  • de-voted
  ,
  • ex act
  ,
  • ex-act
  ,
  • faithful
  ,
  • give or take a little
  ,
  • give or take little
  ,
  • give take a little
  ,
  • give take little
  ,
  • hard by
  ,
  • hush hush
  ,
  • hushhush
  ,
  • in separable
  ,
  • in spitting distance
  ,
  • in-separable
  ,
  • making it with
  ,
  • making with
  ,
  • mingier
  ,
  • mingiest
  ,
  • mingy
  ,
  • more abutting
  ,
  • more attached
  ,
  • more buddy buddy
  ,
  • more buddy-buddy
  ,
  • more buddybuddy
  ,
  • more circumscribed
  ,
  • more close grained
  ,
  • more close lipped
  ,
  • more close-grained
  ,
  • more close-lipped
  ,
  • more closegrained
  ,
  • more closelipped
  ,
  • more confining
  ,
  • more consolidated
  ,
  • more cropped
  ,
  • more jam packed
  ,
  • more jam-packed
  ,
  • more near at hand
  ,
  • more near-at-hand
  ,
  • more similar
  ,
  • more skinflint
  ,
  • more stale smelling
  ,
  • more stale-smelling
  ,
  • more stalesmelling
  ,
  • more suffocating
  ,
  • more tight-fisted
  ,
  • more unforthcoming
  ,
  • more unventilated
  ,
  • most abutting
  ,
  • most attached
  ,
  • most buddy-buddy
  ,
  • most buddybuddy
  ,
  • most circumscribed
  ,
  • most close grained
  ,
  • most close lipped
  ,
  • most close-grained
  ,
  • most close-lipped
  ,
  • most closelipped
  ,
  • most confining
  ,
  • most consolidated
  ,
  • most cropped
  ,
  • most jam packed
  ,
  • most jam-packed
  ,
  • most near at hand
  ,
  • most near-at-hand
  ,
  • most niggardly
  ,
  • most skinflint
  ,
  • most stale smelling
  ,
  • most stalesmelling
  ,
  • most suffocating
  ,
  • most tight fisted
  ,
  • most tight-fisted
  ,
  • most unforthcoming
  ,
  • most unventilated
  ,
  • mum the word
  ,
  • mum word
  ,
  • mum's word
  ,
  • mums the word
  ,
  • mums word
  ,
  • near at hand
  ,
  • near-at-hand
  ,
  • nearlier
  ,
  • nearliest
  ,
  • niggardly
  ,
  • on q t
  ,
  • on qt
  ,
  • on the q t
  ,
  • on top each other
  ,
  • palsy walsy
  ,
  • palsywalsy
  ,
  • pennypinching
  ,
  • re tired
  ,
  • re-lated
  ,
  • stale smelling
  ,
  • stalesmelling
  ,
  • sweltrier
  ,
  • sweltriest
  ,
  • sweltry
  ,
  • thick as thieves
  ,
  • thick with
  ,
  • tight chops
  ,
  • tight fisted
  ,
  • tight lipped
  ,
  • tight-fisted
  ,
  • un comfortable
  ,
  • un forthcoming
  ,
  • un generous
  ,
  • un ventilated
  ,
  • un-comfortable
  ,
  • un-communicative
  ,
  • un-forthcoming
  ,
  • un-generous
  ,
  • un-ventilated
  ,
  • under nose
  ,
  • under one nose
  ,
  • under one's nose
  ,
  • under ones nose
  ,
  • unventilated
  ,
  • zipping lips
  ,
  • zipping one lips
  ,
  • zipping one's lips
  ,
  • zipping ones lips
  .
  • coming
  • almost on one
  ,
  • almost one
  ,
  • de serving
  ,
  • de-serving
  ,
  • drawing near
  ,
  • fore seen
  ,
  • fore-seen
  ,
  • gaining up on
  ,
  • gaining upon
  ,
  • getting near
  ,
  • in offing
  ,
  • in prospect
  ,
  • in store
  ,
  • in the offing
  ,
  • in the wind
  ,
  • in view
  ,
  • more advancing
  ,
  • more converging
  ,
  • more docking
  ,
  • more predestined
  ,
  • more preparing
  ,
  • more progressing
  ,
  • most advancing
  ,
  • most docking
  ,
  • most predestined
  ,
  • most preparing
  ,
  • most progressing
  ,
  • pre destined
  ,
  • pre paring
  ,
  • pre-destined
  ,
  • pre-paring
  ,
  • running after
  ,
  • sub sequent
  ,
  • sub-sequent
  ,
  • to be
  ,
  • up and coming
  .
  • confined, restricted
  • narrow
  .
  • convenient
  • all around
  ,
  • at elbows
  ,
  • at fingertips
  ,
  • close at hand
  ,
  • close hand
  ,
  • close-by
  ,
  • closeby
  ,
  • de cent
  ,
  • de-cent
  ,
  • easy reach
  ,
  • easy to reach
  ,
  • in neighborhood
  ,
  • in public interest
  ,
  • more aiding
  ,
  • more close by
  ,
  • more close-by
  ,
  • more closeby
  ,
  • more convenient
  ,
  • more time saving
  ,
  • more time-saving
  ,
  • more timesaving
  ,
  • more well-planned
  ,
  • more wellplanned
  ,
  • most aiding
  ,
  • most close by
  ,
  • most close-by
  ,
  • most closeby
  ,
  • most time saving
  ,
  • most time-saving
  ,
  • most timesaving
  ,
  • most well planned
  ,
  • most well-planned
  ,
  • most wellplanned
  ,
  • on deck
  ,
  • time saving
  ,
  • time-saving
  ,
  • timesaving
  ,
  • user friendly
  ,
  • userfriendly
  ,
  • well planned
  ,
  • well-planned
  ,
  • wellplanned
  ,
  • within reach
  .
  • existing; at this time
  • present
  .
  • friendly, devoted
  • intimate
  .
  • immediate
  • at moment
  ,
  • at once
  ,
  • at present time
  ,
  • at this moment
  ,
  • hair trigger
  ,
  • hairtrigger
  ,
  • more hair trigger
  ,
  • more hair-trigger
  ,
  • more hairtrigger
  ,
  • more proximal
  ,
  • most hair trigger
  ,
  • most hair-trigger
  ,
  • most hairtrigger
  ,
  • most proximal
  ,
  • nower
  ,
  • nowest
  ,
  • on hand
  ,
  • para mount
  ,
  • para-mount
  ,
  • proximal
  ,
  • re cent
  ,
  • re-cent
  ,
  • recent
  ,
  • up to date
  .
  • imminent
  • Inevasible
  ,
  • fast approaching
  ,
  • fast-approaching
  ,
  • fastapproaching
  ,
  • handwriting-on-the-wall
  ,
  • in air
  ,
  • in cards
  ,
  • in escapable
  ,
  • in evitable
  ,
  • in the air
  ,
  • in the cards
  ,
  • in-escapable
  ,
  • in-evitable
  ,
  • more brewing
  ,
  • more fast approaching
  ,
  • more fast-approaching
  ,
  • more fastapproaching
  ,
  • more gathering
  ,
  • more handwriting on the wall
  ,
  • more handwriting-on-the-wall
  ,
  • more inevasible
  ,
  • more overhanging
  ,
  • more unescapable
  ,
  • most brewing
  ,
  • most fast approaching
  ,
  • most fast-approaching
  ,
  • most fastapproaching
  ,
  • most gathering
  ,
  • most handwriting on the wall
  ,
  • most handwriting-on-the-wall
  ,
  • most inevasible
  ,
  • most overhanging
  ,
  • most unescapable
  ,
  • on horizon
  ,
  • on its way
  ,
  • on the horizon
  ,
  • on the verge
  ,
  • on verge
  ,
  • over-hanging
  ,
  • see coming
  ,
  • see it coming
  ,
  • to come
  ,
  • un avoidable
  ,
  • un escapable
  ,
  • un-avoidable
  ,
  • un-escapable
  ,
  • unescapable
  .
  • instantaneous; without delay
  • immediate
  .
  • intimate
  • clubbier
  ,
  • clubbiest
  ,
  • clubby
  ,
  • mixest
  ,
  • more bosom
  ,
  • more cherished
  ,
  • more roommate
  ,
  • most bosom
  ,
  • most cherished
  ,
  • most roommate
  ,
  • re gular
  ,
  • re-gular
  .
  • like
  • Allying
  ,
  • approximative
  ,
  • co extensive
  ,
  • co-extensive
  ,
  • coextensive
  ,
  • congeneric
  ,
  • congenerous
  ,
  • in manner of
  ,
  • in the manner of
  ,
  • more allying
  ,
  • more approximating
  ,
  • more approximative
  ,
  • more congeneric
  ,
  • more congenerous
  ,
  • more equaling
  ,
  • more jibing
  ,
  • more relating
  ,
  • more undifferentiated
  ,
  • most approximating
  ,
  • most approximative
  ,
  • most coextensive
  ,
  • most congeneric
  ,
  • most congenerous
  ,
  • most equaling
  ,
  • most jibing
  ,
  • most undifferentiated
  ,
  • much the same
  ,
  • not far from
  ,
  • not unlike
  ,
  • on order of
  ,
  • on the order of
  ,
  • sucher
  ,
  • suchest
  ,
  • un-differentiated
  ,
  • undifferentiated
  ,
  • uni form
  ,
  • uni-form
  .
  • menacing, ominous
  • threatening
  .
  • narrow
  • Incapacious
  ,
  • de finite
  ,
  • de terminate
  ,
  • de-finite
  ,
  • de-terminate
  ,
  • linear
  ,
  • more attenuated
  ,
  • more compressed
  ,
  • more constricted
  ,
  • more contracted
  ,
  • more incapacious
  ,
  • more linear
  ,
  • more pent
  ,
  • more pinched
  ,
  • more taper
  ,
  • more tapered
  ,
  • most attenuated
  ,
  • most compressed
  ,
  • most constricted
  ,
  • most contracted
  ,
  • most incapacious
  ,
  • most linear
  ,
  • most pent
  ,
  • most pinched
  ,
  • most taper
  ,
  • most tapered
  ,
  • pre carious
  ,
  • pre-carious
  ,
  • straiter
  ,
  • straitest
  .
  • near, nearby
  • close
  .
  • next to
  • bordering
  .
  • next to, abutting
  • adjacent
  .
  • noun
  • abbreviated
  ,
  • abrupt
  ,
  • condensed
  ,
  • ephemeral
  ,
  • fleeting
  ,
  • impermanent
  ,
  • left
  ,
  • little
  ,
  • mini
  ,
  • moderate
  ,
  • momentary
  ,
  • short-lived
  ,
  • short-range
  ,
  • short-term
  ,
  • shortened
  ,
  • shortish
  ,
  • sudden
  ,
  • transient
  ,
  • transitory
  .
  • pinching
  • Pinchpenny
  ,
  • Ungiving
  ,
  • close fisted
  ,
  • curmudgeonly
  ,
  • hard fisted
  ,
  • hardfisted
  ,
  • ironfisted
  ,
  • more curmudgeonly
  ,
  • more grudging
  ,
  • more ironfisted
  ,
  • more niggard
  ,
  • more pennywise
  ,
  • more pinchpenny
  ,
  • more scrimping
  ,
  • more skimping
  ,
  • more ungiving
  ,
  • most grudging
  ,
  • most ironfisted
  ,
  • most pinchpenny
  ,
  • most scrimping
  ,
  • niggard
  ,
  • pennywise
  ,
  • scurvier
  ,
  • scurviest
  ,
  • scurvy
  ,
  • un charitable
  ,
  • un-charitable
  ,
  • un-giving
  .
  • practically
  • all but
  ,
  • as good as
  ,
  • as much as
  ,
  • close to
  ,
  • for all intents and purposes
  ,
  • for all intents purposes
  ,
  • for intents and purposes
  ,
  • for intents purposes
  ,
  • in essence
  ,
  • more about
  ,
  • more approximately
  ,
  • more basically
  ,
  • more essentially
  ,
  • more fundamentally
  ,
  • more morally
  ,
  • more virtually
  ,
  • more well nigh
  ,
  • more well-nigh
  ,
  • more wellnigh
  ,
  • most about
  ,
  • most approximately
  ,
  • most basically
  ,
  • most essentially
  ,
  • most fundamentally
  ,
  • most morally
  ,
  • most virtually
  ,
  • most well nigh
  ,
  • most well-nigh
  ,
  • most wellnigh
  ,
  • well-nigh
  .
  • present
  • be gun
  ,
  • be ingest
  ,
  • be-gun
  ,
  • be-ingest
  ,
  • beinger
  ,
  • beingest
  ,
  • even now
  ,
  • for the time being
  ,
  • for time being
  ,
  • in attendance
  ,
  • in duration
  ,
  • in process
  ,
  • just now
  ,
  • made scene
  ,
  • made the scene
  ,
  • more already
  ,
  • more commenced
  ,
  • more on the spot
  ,
  • more on-the-spot
  ,
  • more today
  ,
  • most already
  ,
  • most commenced
  ,
  • most on the spot
  ,
  • most on-the-spot
  ,
  • most today
  ,
  • nowadays
  ,
  • on board
  ,
  • on the spot
  ,
  • on-the-spot
  ,
  • pre sent
  ,
  • pre-sent
  ,
  • present day
  ,
  • presentday
  ,
  • there
  ,
  • there with bells on
  ,
  • therer
  ,
  • therest
  ,
  • today
  ,
  • under consideration
  .
  • similar
  • like
  .
  • stingy
  • Pinching
  .
  • threatening
  • Impendent
  ,
  • Intimidatory
  ,
  • Lowery
  ,
  • comminatory
  ,
  • ill boding
  ,
  • illboding
  ,
  • in auspicious
  ,
  • in-auspicious
  ,
  • lourier
  ,
  • louriest
  ,
  • loury
  ,
  • minacious
  ,
  • more intimidatory
  ,
  • more lowery
  ,
  • more minacious
  ,
  • more portending
  ,
  • more scowling
  ,
  • more terrorizing
  ,
  • most comminatory
  ,
  • most intimidatory
  ,
  • most lowery
  ,
  • most minacious
  ,
  • most scowling
  ,
  • most terrorizing
  ,
  • un luckier
  ,
  • un luckiest
  ,
  • un lucky
  ,
  • un propitious
  ,
  • un safe
  ,
  • un safer
  ,
  • un safest
  ,
  • un-luckier
  ,
  • un-lucky
  ,
  • un-safe
  ,
  • un-safer
  ,
  • un-safest
  ,
  • up-coming
  .

• adv.

  • ahead
  • along
  .
  • along
  • as companion
  ,
  • as well
  ,
  • at same time
  ,
  • be sides
  ,
  • be-sides
  ,
  • coupled with
  ,
  • further more
  ,
  • in addition to
  .
  • in the near future
  • soon
  .
  • nearby
  • not far away
  .
  • noun
  • anymore
  ,
  • currently
  ,
  • negligibly
  ,
  • nominally
  ,
  • presently
  ,
  • right now
  ,
  • slightly
  .
  • soon
  • Lickety Split
  ,
  • any minute now
  ,
  • before long
  ,
  • by and by
  ,
  • by by
  ,
  • coming down pike
  ,
  • coming down the pike
  ,
  • ere long
  ,
  • expeditiously
  ,
  • fleetly
  ,
  • in a little while
  ,
  • in a minute
  ,
  • in a second
  ,
  • in a short time
  ,
  • in due time
  ,
  • in little while
  ,
  • in minute
  ,
  • in second
  ,
  • in short order
  ,
  • in short time
  ,
  • in time
  ,
  • lickety-split
  ,
  • licketysplit
  ,
  • post haste
  ,
  • post-haste
  ,
  • soonest
  .
  • within reach
  • at hand
  .

• n.

  • far out
  • conventional
  ,
  • orthodox
  .
  • so far
  • accessible
  .

• prep.

  • about
  • as concerns
  ,
  • as respects
  ,
  • be side
  ,
  • be-side
  ,
  • in ball park
  ,
  • in connection with
  ,
  • in general
  ,
  • in relation to
  ,
  • in the ball park
  ,
  • in the neighborhood
  ,
  • pretty nearly
  ,
  • referring to
  ,
  • relative to
  ,
  • sur rounding
  ,
  • sur-rounding
  ,
  • touching on
  .
  • near an amount, quantity
  • about
  .

• Other relevant words:

• approximate
,
• barely
,
• close up
,
• fail
,
• flush
,
• hardly
,
• hot
,
• imprecise
,
• just
,
• scarcely
.

Usage examples for Far

Famous quotes with Far

• If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.

  Hal Abelson
• As far as Zarqawi is concerned, there is a network of extremists; it's not just Zarqawi.

  John Abizaid
• On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free and easy, and actually we're far more moralistic than any other society I've ever lived in.

  Kathy Acker
• The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than the one who remains blind to them.

  John Adair
• Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future.

  Gerry Adams

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