far–flung

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of FAR-FLUNG

having considerable extent <it could once be said that the sun never set on the far-flung British Empire>

Synonyms broad, deep, expansive, extended, far-flung, far-reaching, rangy, sweeping, wide, wide-ranging, widespread

Near Antonyms circumscribed, limited, restricted

Antonyms narrow

not close in time or space <traveled to far-flung towns that had not seen a doctor in years>

Synonyms away, deep, far, faraway, far-flung, far-off, remote, removed

Near Antonyms adjacent, adjoining, contiguous

Antonyms close, near, nearby, nigh

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