furthest
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
(comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
had traveled to the farthest frontier
Related & opposite
- comparative domain usage
- far similar to
Sense 2 adverb
to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense)
went the furthest of all the children in her education
Sense 3 adverb
to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense)
see who could jump the farthest
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | comparative |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | far |