far-out

adjective

ˈfär-ˌau̇t 

: marked by a considerable departure from the conventional or traditional

far-out clothes

far-outness noun

Synonyms

• bizarre
• bizarro
• cranky
• crazy
• curious
• eccentric
• erratic
• funky
• funny
• kinky
• kooky
• kookie
• odd
• off-kilter
• off-the-wall
• offbeat
• out-of-the-way
• outlandish
• outré
• peculiar
• quaint
• queer
• queerish
• quirky
• remarkable
• rum [chiefly British]
• screwy
• spaced-out
• strange
• wacky
• whacky
• way-out
• weird
• weirdo
• wild

Examples of far-out in a Sentence

the religious sect's far-out clothes and practices made them the talk of the small town

Recent Examples on the Web

In hindsight, this was Atlanta's just-right moment, when its narrative experiments still felt embedded in the specific traits of the central characters (unlike seasons 3's far-out anthology episodes). —EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025

At once an underground favorite and a best-seller, Robbins’ comic novels — with their fantastical stories and far-out musings — were distinctly of the counterculture and soon became part of its fabric. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025

Reading the comments, Lambert laughed along at some of the more far-out posts. —Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025

The 1960s-style bar serves far-out cocktails like the Kissaten, which blends matcha sake and mint with gin, crème de cacao, and white-chocolate mousse. —Sahar Khan, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024

This hippie costume set comes with a far-out dress, socks, and a fringe-design headband. —Nora Colomer, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024

Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles aren’t just fodder for science fiction or far-out R&D experiments. —Harri Weber, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024

That tidal force weakens with distance, however, so a sufficiently far-out disk can give rise to an asteroid’s accompanying moon. —Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2024

Driving the news: The far-out plan convinced Initialized Capital and B Capital to lead Star Catcher's seed round. —Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 24 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for far-out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout

Kids Definition

far-out

adjective

-ˈau̇t

: very strange or unusual

far-out clothes