faraway

adjective

far·​away ˈfär-ə-ˌwā 

1

: lying at a great distance : remote

faraway lands

2

: dreamy, abstracted

a faraway look in her eyes

Synonyms

• away
• deep
• distant
• far
• far-flung
• far-off
• remote
• removed

Examples of faraway in a Sentence

My grandfather told us tales of faraway lands.

growing up in a seaport instilled in the youth a restless desire to travel to faraway places

Recent Examples on the Web

Like Twin Peaks, The Return opened with two murders, when a kissing couple were mauled by a mysterious monster who emerges from a glass box, and a body without a head and a head without a body were found rotting in a faraway room. —K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025

During the middle of the day when the sun was brightest, visitors swore they had been transported to a faraway tropical island. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2025

Venus’ alignment with Neptune favors a romantic rendezvous on faraway shores. —USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025

In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Firefly shared a video from Blue Ghost showing a very faint and faraway moon, seen for just a moment before the brilliantly bright Earth eclipses the celestial spec as the lander climbs up its orbit. —Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1735, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

faraway

adjective

far·​away ˌfär-ə-ˌwā 

1

: remote entry 1 sense 1, distant

faraway lands

2

: preoccupied sense 1, dreamy

a faraway look