adjective
more distant in especially space or time
Examples
- they live in the farther house
adjective
more distant in especially degree
Synonyms
Examples
- nothing could be further from the truth
- further from our expectations
- farther from the truth
- farther from our expectations
adverb
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)
Synonyms
Examples
- further complicated by uncertainty about the future
- let's not discuss it further
- nothing could be further from the truth
- they are further along in their research than we expected
- the application of the law was extended farther
- he is going no farther in his studies
adverb
to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)
Synonyms
Examples
- farther north
- moved farther away
- farther down the corridor
- the practice may go back still farther to the Druids
- went only three miles further
- further in the future