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| Main Entry: | afar |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | a great distance away |
| Synonyms: | distant, remote, far away, far off |
| Antonyms: | close, near |
| Main Entry: | apart |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | separate |
| Synonyms: | afar, alone, aloof, aside, away, cut off*, disconnected, distant, distinct, exclusively, freely, independent, independently, individually, isolated, lone wolf*, separated, separately, singly, special, by itself, disassociated, divorced, excluded, to itself, to one side |
| Antonyms: | together |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aside |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | away from; to the side |
| Synonyms: | abreast, afar, alone, alongside, apart, away, beside, down, near, nearby, out, out of the way, privately, separately, by oneself, in isolation, in reserve, neck and neck, sidewise |
| Antonyms: | middle |
| Main Entry: | off |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | apart, away |
| Synonyms: | above, absent, afar, ahead, aside, behind, below, beneath, beside, divergent, elsewhere, far, out, over, removed, up front, vanishing, away from, disappearing, farther away, gone away, in the distance, not here, to one side, turning aside |
| Antonyms: | close, here, present |
| Main Entry: | outlying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in rural area; remote |
| Synonyms: | afar, backwoods, distant, external, far-flung*, faraway, out-of-the-way*, outer, peripheral, provincial, removed, far-off, off-lying |
| Antonyms: | central, inner, middle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | away |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in another direction; at a distance |
| Synonyms: | abroad, absent, afar, apart, aside, beyond, distant, elsewhere, forth, hence, off, out of the way, over, far afield, far away, far off, far remote, from here, not present, out of, to one side |
| Main Entry: | far |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | at a great distance |
| Synonyms: | a good way, a long way, afar, bit, deep, distant, end of rainbow, far piece, far-flung*, far-off, far-removed, faraway, good ways, long, middle of nowhere, miles, out-of-the-way*, outlying, piece, remote, removed, stone's throw, ways |
| Antonyms: | close, near |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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