far left

noun

The most radical part of the political left wing.

Opposite

Meanings

noun
  1. The most radical part of the political left wing.

    Synonyms: hard left, ultraleft · Antonyms: far right

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe most radical part of the political left wing.

Opposite

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveradical or extremely liberal

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchextrême gauche
  2. Englishfar left

From far + left, after French extrême gauche.

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Translations

Arabic أَقْصَى الْيَسَارِ, اليَسَار المُتَطَرِّف
  • أَقْصَى الْيَسَارِ (ʔaqṣā l-yasāri)most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • اليَسَار المُتَطَرِّف (al-yasār al-mutaṭarrif)most left-wing political or religious grouping
Catalan extrema esquerra, ultraesquerra
  • extrema esquerramost left-wing political or religious grouping
  • ultraesquerramost left-wing political or religious grouping
Chinese Mandarin 極左 /极左
  • 極左 /极左 (jízuǒ)most left-wing political or religious grouping
Czech krajní levice, ultralevice
  • krajní levicemost left-wing political or religious grouping
  • ultralevicemost left-wing political or religious grouping
Esperanto ekstrema maldekstro
  • ekstrema maldekstromost left-wing political or religious grouping
Finnish äärivasemmisto, laitavasemmisto
  • äärivasemmistomost left-wing political or religious grouping
  • laitavasemmistomost left-wing political or religious grouping
French extrême gauche
  • extrême gauchemost left-wing political or religious grouping
German Linksextremismus
  • Linksextremismusmost left-wing political or religious grouping
Greek ακροαριστερά
  • ακροαριστερά (akroaristerá)most left-wing political or religious grouping
Hebrew שמאל רדיקלי
  • שמאל רדיקלי (smól radikalí)most left-wing political or religious grouping
Hungarian szélsőbaloldal
  • szélsőbaloldalmost left-wing political or religious grouping
Japanese 極左
  • 極左 (kyokusa)most left-wing political or religious grouping
Korean 극좌
  • 극좌 (geukjwa)most left-wing political or religious grouping
Polish skrajna lewica
  • skrajna lewicamost left-wing political or religious grouping
Portuguese extrema-esquerda, ultraesquerda
  • extrema-esquerdamost left-wing political or religious grouping
  • ultraesquerdamost left-wing political or religious grouping
Romanian extremă stângă
  • extremă stângămost left-wing political or religious grouping
Russian ультрале́вый, кра́йне ле́вый
  • ультрале́вый (ulʹtralévyj)most left-wing political or religious grouping
  • кра́йне ле́вый (krájne lévyj)most left-wing political or religious grouping
Spanish ultraizquierda, extrema izquierda
  • ultraizquierdamost left-wing political or religious grouping
  • extrema izquierdamost left-wing political or religious grouping
Swedish extremvänster
  • extremvänstermost left-wing political or religious grouping
Yiddish עקסט לינקע
  • עקסט לינקע (ekst linke)most left-wing political or religious grouping
Cite this entry
APA

far left. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/far%20left

MLA

“far left.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/far%20left. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “far left,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/far%20left.

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