Afield
ahd-5
adverb.
Off the usual or desired track.
adverb.
Away from one's home or usual environment.
adverb.
To or on a field.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In or to the field or fields: as, “we drove
a field
,”
Milton
, Lycidas, l. 27; “Æneas is
a field
,”
Abroad; off the beaten path; far and wide.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adverb.
To, in, or on the field.
adverb.
Out of the way; astray.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adverb.
Digressing
from the
topic
at hand.
adverb.
On the
field
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adverb.
far away from home or one's usual surroundings
adverb.
off the subject; beyond the point at issue
adverb.
in or into a field (especially a field of battle)
Word Usage
"Law schools do tolerate some non-PC thinking, but not anything to far afield from the orthodoxy."
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Field
appealed
concealed
congealed
field
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
astray