furthest

Examples

• All

• My room is furthest from the kitchen.

  Brutal Season (2022)

• International flights always get the gate furthest from the terminal.

  Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

• Well, I want you to take it to the one furthest away.

  Adoration (2009)

• Keep the dangerous ones furthest away, huh?

  Session 9 (2001)

• I was furthest away from it.

  Baraka (1992)

• It's not a surprise that the ones which are furthest away are the ones that are going fastest.

  Stanford

• The house furthest from the main road has a white Ford F250 pickup in the driveway.

  Fiction book (2000)

• If there's a bright center to the universe, I lived in a place furthest from it: Stockerau.

  Traceroute (2016)

• The school is by the south gate furthest from the entrance, and there's the forge, the governor's estate, the stables, and the barracks.

  Waiting on Mary (2016)

• The park is located furthest from my house, making it a quiet place to relax.

Synonyms

F

farthest

vsfurthest

14 1.0

At the greatest distance or degree compared with others

is the common superlative form used widely across contexts

U

uttermost

vsfurthest

2 7.0

At the farthest or most extreme point

is focused on spatial or temporal distance as a standard superlative

U

utmost

vsfurthest

1 4.1

Furthest away at the edge of a place or time

is the regular superlative pointing to distance rather than extreme degree

O

outmost

vsfurthest

• Archaic

1 6.5

Farthest away from the center of something

is the broad superlative for distance not tied to outward direction

F

furthermost

vsfurthest

1 6.7

At the farthest distance in space, time, or order

is the general superlative that emphasizes distance not degree

F

farthermost

vsfurthest

1 8.0

Most distant in place, time, or order

is the superlative form used especially for the basic distance adjective

E

endmost

vsfurthest

1 7.0

At the far end of a row or shelf

is the general superlative for overall distance rather than only an end

Antonyms

C

closer

707 1.0

At a shorter distance so you can see or hear better

N

nearest

247 1.0

At the smallest distance from a place, or almost reaching it

How Far

furthest

7 1.1

far

416 1.0

near

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology