Adjective farthest has 2 senses
- farthest - most distant or remote; "man's farthest goal"
Antonym: proximate (indirect, via ultimate)
- farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost - (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula"
Antonyms: near, close (indirect, via far)
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Adverbial farthest has 2 senses
- farthest, furthest - 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"; "chose the farthest seat from the door"; "he swam the furthest"
- furthest, farthest - 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"; "furthest removed from reality"; "she goes farthest in helping us"
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