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furthest

22 1.0

Most distant in space or time

adjective
/ˈfɜrðəst/

: más lejano

Lester, nonplussed, walked toward his corner office at the furthest end of the corridor.
the furthest reaches
the furthest point

I feel like his room is the furthest room away from the building work.

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Examples

A clear frontier does exist, about 400 yards to the west at its furthest point from the highway.

Academic text (1991)
Then you chose the furthest parking spot possible, and people are looking at me.
I feel like his room is the furthest room away from the building work.

Emily Norris
That was the furthest... furthest thing from my mind.

Martian Child (2007)
"We thought we should go to the furthest point of need we could get to."

Blog text (7)
We move fast through the banking hall to the furthest counter.

Fiction book (2001)
And that's the furthest place from anything in the world.

André Duqum
Inside, all was blackness, save for a ray of green light in the furthest recesses of the room.

Fiction book (1997)
Right now, the Voyager spacecrafts are the furthest objects from Earth ever touched by human beings.
The Voyager spacecraft is currently the furthest human-made object from Earth.

Synonyms

distant

vsfurthest

224 2.8

Far away in space, not near you

denotes the greatest possible remoteness, not just being far

extreme

vsfurthest

161 4.2

The farthest point or highest level of something

focuses on distance as measurement rather than degree or intensity

far-off

vsfurthest

80 4.2

Very far away in place or time

marks the absolute greatest distance or the maximum possible limit

longest

vsfurthest

58 1.0

For more time than anyone else

covers greatest distance in space, time, or order, not only duration

faraway

vsfurthest

35 2.8

Far from here in place or time

refers to the single maximum distance or most remote position

farthest

vsfurthest

22 1.0

At the greatest distance in space or time

is an alternative form used for the same meaning in writing

far-flung

vsfurthest

14 6.3

Distant places spread over a very wide area

is about the single greatest distance or most remote point

uttermost

vsfurthest

2 7.0

At the farthest or most extreme point

is used for general greatest distance without strong emphasis

utmost

vsfurthest

1 4.1

Furthest away at the edge of a place or time

is the same distance idea but more formal or emphatic

outmost

vsfurthest

Archaic

1 6.5

Farthest away from the center of something

is about greatest distance in any direction, not only outward

furthermost

vsfurthest

1 6.7

At the farthest distance in space, time, or order

is a variant form carrying the same remote meaning

farthermost

vsfurthest

1 8.0

Most distant in place, time, or order

is an alternative form of the same absolute distance sense

endmost

vsfurthest

1 7.0

At the far end of a row or shelf

is about maximum distance overall, not limited to an end

Antonyms

nearest

247 1.0

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

closest

56 1.0

Very near in space or time to another thing

How Far

furthest

22 1.0

farther

7 1.0

far

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

furthest positive

further comparative

furthest superlative

Morphology

furthest = further (transparent) = far + est

As an adjective, 'furthest' is the superlative built on 'further'/'far', so the meaning 'most remote' is directly signalled by the superlative morphology.

Etymology

Furthest comes from far ('a great distance') plus -est ('most'), so as an adjective it describes the thing that is the most distant in space, time, or order.