faraway
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See also: far away
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Univerbation of far + away.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective[edit]
faraway (not comparable)
- Distant.
- She lived in a faraway village in a faraway land.
- Not mentally present, as when daydreaming.
- There was a faraway look on his face.
Synonyms[edit]
- far-flung, remote; see also Thesaurus:distant
Translations[edit]
distant
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Noun[edit]
faraway (plural faraways)
- One who lives a great distance away.
- 2004, Richard Benke, The Ghost Ocean, page 182:
- The Neighbors, the enviros, the real and the want-to-be cowpokes, the locals and the faraways, the rich and the wishful, the purported miners all said they wanted to buy out Braden.