afar

Speech parts

1. afar - Noun

2. afar - Adverb

4. Afar - Proper noun

Meaning

At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ethiopian somali abyssinian yonder out further long off far away distance removed oversea beyond deep
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Antonyms

allied about above close near along
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Phrases with the word

from afar afar from one another afar off afar from each other afar to each other

Anagrams

aarF AFRA Fara RAAF RAFA Arfa

Examples

Both angels and demons are ignorant of the future, yet they make predictions. The angels do so when God reveals the future to them and commands them to prophesy, and what they prophesy comes to pass. Demons also make predictions, but these are only guesses based on what they see from afar. John of Damascus

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from afar - you pretend it's not there. Tom Stoppard

The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there about us always. Willa Cather

One fisherman sees another from afar. Russian Proverb

Kettledrum's sound is nice when heard from afar. Persian Proverb

One fisherman recognizes another from afar. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Afanasy afanc afandi Afar Depression afar from each other afar from one another