faraway
[adjective]
Synonyms: distant, far, far-flung, far-off, off-lying, outlying, remote, removed, abstracted, absent, absentminded, bemused, distrait, inconscient, lost, preoccupied

---

Antonyms: near-at-hand
Related Idioms: off one's guard
Related Words: disregardful, heedless, oblivious, stargazing, unheeding, unmindful

---

English Thesaurus: far, a long way, miles, in the distance, distant, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

far‧a‧way /ˈfɑːrəweɪ/ adjective

1. [only before noun] literary a long distance away Synonym : distant:
She dreamed of flying away to exotic faraway places.
faraway noises

2. a faraway look an expression on your face which shows that you are not paying attention but thinking about something very different:
His eyes had a distant faraway look, like a sailor staring out to sea.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

far adverb a long distance – used mainly in negatives and questions, or after ‘too’, ‘so’, and ‘as’:
It’s not far to the airport from here.
Have you driven far?
The ship was so far away we could hardly see it.
a long way adverb a long distance from somewhere. This is the most common way of talking about long distances, except in negatives and questions when far is also common:
You must be tired – you’ve come a long way.
It’s a long way down from the top of the cliff.
I can’t see things that are a long way away.
miles adverb informal a very long way:
We hiked miles.
The school is miles away from where I live.
in the distance adverb a long way from where you are now – used when talking about things that seem small or sounds that seem quiet because they are a long way away:
Dogs were barking somewhere in the distance.
distant adjective especially written used about something that is a long distance from where you are now, and looks small or sounds quiet:
By now, the plane was just a distant speck in the sky.
the rumble of distant thunder
faraway adjective especially written a very long distance from where you are now:
a traveller from a faraway land
His voice sounded faraway.
He told us stories about the faraway countries he had visited.
remote adjective a remote place is a long distance from other places, and few people go there:
The helicopter crashed in a remote part of the country.
remote holiday destinations
isolated adjective an isolated place is a long distance from other towns, buildings, or people, and there is very little communication with surrounding places:
isolated rural areas of Nepal
Occasionally we passed through a small isolated village.
If you travel to isolated areas, make sure you have a good guide.
off the beaten track (also off the beaten path American English) adverb a place that is off the beaten track is a long distance from the places where people usually go, and often seems interesting and different because of this:
She likes to go to places that are a bit off the beaten track.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲