FAR CRY Synonyms: 10 Similar and Opposite Words

far cry

noun

Definition of far cry

as in mile

a long distance the hotel is a far cry from the train station, so you'd better call a cab

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Recent Examples of far cry Adorned with almost graphically violent labels showcasing alpha predators -- a shark, a grizzly, an orca, a lion and some sort of particularly angry bird of prey -- the bottles are a far cry from the placid villas and languorous ladies plastered across so many wines. — ABC News, 22 June 2026 Those numbers are a far cry from numbers posted by Special, which debuted with approximately 69,000 in total units (including pure sales and streaming-equivalent numbers). — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026 Indeed, the Garden is a far cry from the venues that have seen celebrity nuptials in the past — think Jeff Bezos taking over Venice to wed Lauren Sánchez or even Dua Lipa in Sicily. — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 25 June 2026 But the mission’s goals outlined by the space agency—tasks such as scouting unexplored terrain, detecting stores of subsurface ice and monitoring atmospheric dust—are a far cry from the preexisting priority of Mars Sample Return and the associated search for alien life. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for far cry

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Meanwhile, 75 miles to the north of Rota, residents of the islands of Saipan and Tinian were hunkering down for impacts from the second super typhoon to hit the area this year.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
The All-Star Game being held in Philadelphia, only about 70 miles from Kurtz’s hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, made the selection even more special for the 23-year-old.

— Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2026

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The content of natural law has been contested throughout our history, but, over the long haul, liberals have fared well in reading the Constitution in light of the higher principles of fundamental justice.

— Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
So will Murgatroyd and Chmerkovskiy stay for the long haul and get Florida PrePaid for the kids?

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

Definition of long haul

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