Meanings
adjective
- superlativesuperlative form of far: most far; most remote or distant; furthermost.
In the Prometheus Bound the Argive maiden Io, in the course of her fateful wanderings, comes to a cliff in farthermost Scythia […]
1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “II. The Suppliant Maidens”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 37
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(comparatives of ‘far’) most remote in space or time or order
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
A variant of furthermost; equivalent to farther + -most.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
farthermost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farthermost
MLA
“farthermost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farthermost. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “farthermost,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farthermost.
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