What does farthest mean?
Word: Farthest
Part of Speech: Adjective and adverb
Meaning: Farthest means most distant; at or to the greatest distance.
Synonyms: furthest, most distant, remotest
Antonyms: closest
How do you spell farthest?
Syllables: far - thest
Tricky part: It begins with far, the word it grows from. Furthest, with a u, is a separate correct form, so do not mix the two in one piece of writing.
Watch out for: fartherst, farrest, farthst
Memory tip: Farthest grows from far in steps: far, farther, farthest.
Farthest in a sentence
Example 1: Ravi sat at the back of the hall, in the corner farthest from the stage.
Example 2: Which planet is farthest from the Sun?
Example 3: Of the three villages, Dumka was the farthest from the station.
Fun Fact
Voyager 1, launched in 1977, is the farthest human-made object from Earth, more than 24 billion kilometres away.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word farthest as used in the sentence:
We pitched our tent at the farthest end of the campsite, near the river.
a) nearest
b) busiest
c) darkest
d) highest
Show answer
a) nearest. The nearest end is the closest one, the reverse of the farthest.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Of all the hill stations our family visited during the long summer holidays, Munnar was the farthist from home, so we reached it only after dark.
a) farthist
b) stations
c) holidays
d) reached
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a) farthist. Farthest ends in est, like nearest and tallest.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
The athlete who threw the javelin the hsttaerf won the gold medal.
a) fastest
b) furthest
c) farthest
d) feathers
Show answer
c) farthest. The jumble has an r and an h, which fastest lacks, and no u, so it cannot be furthest; feathers needs two e's.
Spell-o-Spell
Three words in the list are spelt correctly and one is misspelt. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word.
1. horizon 2. boundary 3. fartest 4. compass
a) at the greatest distance
b) an instrument that shows which way is north
c) the line where the land or sea seems to meet the sky
d) a line that marks the edge of an area
Show answer
a) at the greatest distance. Fartest has lost the h that follows the t; horizon, compass and boundary are correct.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. From Delhi, which of these cities is the farthest?
a) Agra
b) Chandigarh
c) Jaipur
d) Chennai
Show answer
d) Chennai
2. In far, farther, farthest, the middle word is used to ____.
a) talk only about time
b) pick one out of many
c) name the nearest place
d) compare two places
Show answer
d) compare two places
