Farfetched
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Fetched or brought from afar.
Hence— Choice; rare.
Remotely connected; irrelevant; forced; strained: as,
far-fetched
conceits;
far-fetched
similes.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Brought from far, or from a remote place.
adjective.
Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained; hence, implausible or improbable.
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adjective.
Alternative spelling of
far-fetched
.
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adjective.
highly imaginative but unlikely
Word Usage
"One of my wife's coworkers, an Orthodox Jew, believed that "farfetched" was a Yiddish word."
Equivalent
unlikely
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
etched
fetched
outstretched
sketched
stretched
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
absurd
apter
chimerical
cockamamie
coincidental
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
forced
strained