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furthermost

furthermost is the superlative form of further.

furthermost is the superlative form of far.

Meaning of further

Adjective

further (not comparable)

  1. (comparative form of far) More distant; relatively distant.
    • See those two lampposts? Run to the further one.
  2. More, additional.
    • I have one further comment to make.

See all 9 meanings of further

Meaning of far

Adjective

far (comparative farther or further, superlative farthest or furthest or farthermost or furthermost)

  1. Distant; remote in space.
    • He went to a far land.
    Synonyms:
    distant
  2. Remote in time.
    • the far far future
  3. Long.
    • I have such a long way to go but yet I have come such a far piece already2011, Peggy Woods, Ramblings from a Soul, page 42
  4. More remote of two.
    • At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
  5. Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.
    • They are on the far right on this issue.
  6. Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.
    • As sensible maketh a man differ from a stone, in a far difference; for other Species, as Beasts, have the same difference, but reasonable is the nearest, whereby he differeth from a stone, beasts, and all other things.1657, Henry Ainsworth, Zachary Coke, The Art of Logick., page 26

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Origin of furthermost

From Middle English forthirmaste, forþermaste, furthermost; equivalent to further + -most.

Questions about furthermost

What is furthermost the superlative form of?
Furthermost is the superlative form of further.

Words near furthermost in the dictionary

  1. furtherings
  2. furtherly
  3. furtherment
  4. furthermore
  5. furthermoreover
  6. furthermost
  7. furtherness
  8. furtherover
  9. furthers
  10. furthersome
  11. furtherward

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Adapted from Wiktionary: furthermost (page history and authors); further (page history and authors); far (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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