afield
Away from home
Afield means away from home or familiar territory, especially into open country: The hunters ventured afield at dawn.
More commonly, it appears in the phrase far afield, meaning at a great distance or straying from the original subject: The conversation wandered far afield.
We had to look farther afield to find qualified candidates.
Deviating from intended path
- waywardStubbornly self-willed
- strayWander from course
- lostUnable to navigate
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
drifting · deviant · misguided · errant · wide · amiss · wrong · misdirected
At great distance
- distantFar away or aloof
- outlyingDistant from center
- far-flungScattered over vast areas
- beyondFarther than something
yonder · removed · isolated · secluded · inaccessible · unreachable · peripheral · fringe
Organized exploratory journey
- journeyTravel from place to place
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- foraySwift raid or attempt
- trekArduous overland journey
ranging · roaming · scouting · reconnaissance · discovery · survey · prospecting · excursion
off-course
Deviating from intended path
wandering · drifting · deviant · misguided · errant · wide · amiss · wrong · misdirected · sidetracked
faraway
At great distance
beyond · yonder · removed · isolated · secluded · inaccessible · unreachable · peripheral · fringe · outpost
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
trek · ranging · roaming · scouting · reconnaissance · discovery · survey · prospecting · excursion · rambling
game
Organized play or sport
- quarryPit for extracting rock
- stalkingStealthy, persistent pursuit
- trackingMonitoring location over time
pursuit · shooting · wildfowl · pheasant · grouse · retriever · gundog · beaters · coverts · moorland
countryside
Rural area beyond towns
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- agriculturalOf farming practices
meadows · pastures · cropland · acreage · homestead · tillage · grazing · harvest · plowing · barnyard