far cry
Nothing at all alike
A far cry is a great distance or difference from something else: Today's smartphones are a far cry from the rotary phones of the 1960s.
The phrase emphasizes how much something has changed or how unlike two things are.
It almost always appears in the construction a far cry from.
Measurable difference between things
- gulfPartially enclosed sea
- contrastNotable difference between things
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
gap · distinction · variance · deviation · mismatch · incongruity · disconnect · divide
Separated from others
- secludedSet apart, private
- inaccessibleCannot be reached
- distantFar away or aloof
- outlyingDistant from center
wilderness · frontier · backcountry · outpost · hinterland · off the beaten path · middle of nowhere · boondocks
Quality of being faraway
- spanDistance between endpoints
- stretchPull to extend
- expanseUnbroken area of space
- leaguesTeam associations or distance units
miles · long way · breadth · reach · vastness · yonder · horizon · beyond
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- stretchPull to extend
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
amplification · inflation · magnification · overemphasis · overestimation · overreach · tall tale · overblown
disparity
Measurable difference between things
- gulfPartially enclosed sea
- contrastNotable difference between things
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
discrepancy · gap · distinction · variance · deviation · mismatch · incongruity · disconnect · divide · separation
isolated
Separated from others
- secludedSet apart, private
- inaccessibleCannot be reached
- distantFar away or aloof
outlying · wilderness · frontier · backcountry · outpost · hinterland · off the beaten path · middle of nowhere · boondocks · ends of the earth
remoteness
Quality of being faraway
leagues · miles · long way · breadth · reach · vastness · yonder · horizon · beyond · afar
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- stretchPull to extend
dramatization · amplification · inflation · magnification · overemphasis · overestimation · overreach · tall tale · overblown · distortion
- oppositesopposite, opposites, antonym, antonyms, inverse
- distance phrasesstone's throw, arm's length, within reach, nearby, close by
far cryclose match
spitting image · dead ringer · carbon copy · near match · same thing
far crystone's throw
Very short distance
hair's breadth · close shave · within reach · arm's length · next door
cry, far, further, crying, faraway, farther, farthest, outcry, crybaby