Word Meanings - FARTHERMOST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See Furthest.

DISTANT
stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See 1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. One board had two tenons, equally distant. Ex. xxxvi. 22. Diana's temple is not distant far. Shak. 2. Far separated;
DISTANTIAL
Distant. More distantial from the eye. W. Montagu.
REMOTE
Separated by intervals greater than usual. -- Re*mote"ly, adv. -- Re*mote"ness, n. (more info) 1. Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands. Places remote enough are
DEGREE
A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree. In the 11th century an opinion began to gain ground in Italy, that third
FURTHEST
superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See Further, a.
DISTANTLY
At a distance; remotely; with reserve.
FARTHEST
Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See Furthest.
POSTREMOTE
More remote in subsequent time or order.
EQUIDISTANT
Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing. -- E`qui*dis"tant*ly, adv. Sir T. Browne.
PREREMOTE
More remote in previous time or prior order. In some cases two more links of causation may be introduced; one of them may be termed the preremote cause, the other the postremote effect. E. Darwin.
TERREMOTE
An earthquake. Gower.
INEQUIDISTANT
Not equally distant; not equidistant.