far-out
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8.8
- adjective
- /fɑr aʊt/
- Archaic
:
extravagante
- Her fashion sense is really far-out, with colorful patterns and unusual accessories.
- so far-out
- too far-out
- pretty far-out
It's a little bit far out but so cool.
- It's a little bit far out but so cool.
- Like that is so far out of doesn't even compute.
- So I believe that I'm trying to go far out.
- And Greg was a Californian, and he had some very, to me at that time, very advanced and far out ideas about health and illness.
- That's pretty far out there, but I have no reason to think it's not real.
- I When you open a bit and you go far out, you see certain things, not the truth, but maybe less delusion.
Examples
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One can understand and encourage the student or the adventurous architect who embraces the most far-out and radical theory.
Academic text (1992) -
And Greg was a Californian, and he had some very, to me at that time, very advanced and far out ideas about health and illness.
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It's a little bit far out but so cool.
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So I have one maybe far out question.
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Dude, this is far out, man.
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That kid is going to be far out!
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You got to admit it's pretty far out.
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So how could you possibly have gone along with a far-out scheme like that?
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Man, Gracie, you've got some far-out ideas.
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In the countercultural 1960s, "far out" was an affirmation of wondrous excellence, and "beyond the pale" an increasingly desirable destination.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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2.3
Unusual and slightly odd in a way you cannot easily understand
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5.9
Very strange or unusual in a way that surprises people
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4.8
Unusual and interesting because it comes from another country or is different from what people know
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4.4
Unusual in a way that is odd but likable
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7.3
Not following the usual rules or customs
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4.1
Not usual and different from what people expect
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5.8
Bold and unusual in style, likely to surprise people
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7.4
Strange or unusual in a way that surprises people
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3.8
Strange in a way that seems caused by ghosts or spirits
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6.6
Different from the usual in a fun or creative way
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8.1
Very unusual and far from normal in ideas or style
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8.0
Strange and often funny in a surprising way
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8.2
Being new and unusual in art, fashion, or music
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6.1
Unusual in a way that does not follow normal rules
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6.3
Not usual and often interesting or surprising
Very unusual and sometimes strange in a way that attracts attention
An idea or action that is unusual and not part of normal rules
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Morphology
Etymology
Far-out comes from the simple words far ('distant') and out ('away from the center') and became a slang phrase in the 1960s for ideas and styles that seemed very far from normal. So a far-out thing is something very unusual or different from what people expect.