faraway
Not at all near
Faraway means distant in space or time: a faraway land, faraway memories of childhood.
A faraway look or expression suggests someone lost in thought, mentally distant from their surroundings: She had a faraway look in her eyes.
The word carries a slightly dreamy or romantic quality that distant lacks.
Apparent earth-sky meeting
- yonderThat distant place
- outlyingDistant from center
- outskirtsOuter parts of town
- remoteDistant or controller
beyond · afar · removed · further · receding · vanishing · faint · hazy
Cannot be reached
- unattainableImpossible to acquire
- beyond reachUnable to obtain
- out of reachBeyond one's grasp
- insurmountableImpossible to overcome
impenetrable · impassable · uncharted · forbidden · elusive · impossible · horizon · barrier
Sadly longing for something
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
- absentNot in attendance
- distractedUnable to concentrate
preoccupied · unfocused · glazed · lost in thought · musing · pensive · abstracted · detached
Intense prolonged craving
- homesickLonging for one's dwelling
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
heartache · hiraeth · reminiscence · memory · separation · absence · missing · departed
Travel from place to place
- voyageJourney by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
wanderlust · globetrotting · backpacking · adventure · exploration · destination · passport · departure
Set apart, private
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- desolateBleak and abandoned
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
- godforsakenDrearily remote and neglected
abandoned · uninhabited · wilderness · outback · frontier · backcountry · hinterland · boondocks
Align to surroundings
- tropicsWarm equatorial region
- unchartedNot yet documented
- unexploredNot yet investigated
- legendaryFamous beyond ordinary measure
mythical · eldorado · silk road · terra incognita · antipodes · ends of the earth · unknown · mysterious
horizon
Apparent earth-sky meeting
remote · beyond · afar · removed · further · receding · vanishing · faint · hazy · dim
inaccessible
Cannot be reached
- unattainableImpossible to acquire
- beyond reachUnable to obtain
- out of reachBeyond one's grasp
insurmountable · impenetrable · impassable · uncharted · forbidden · elusive · impossible · horizon · barrier · chasm
wistful
Sadly longing for something
distracted · preoccupied · unfocused · glazed · lost in thought · musing · pensive · abstracted · detached · elsewhere
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
melancholy · heartache · hiraeth · reminiscence · memory · separation · absence · missing · departed · bygone
journey
Travel from place to place
- voyageJourney by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
pilgrimage · wanderlust · globetrotting · backpacking · adventure · exploration · destination · passport · departure · abroad
secluded
Set apart, private
godforsaken · abandoned · uninhabited · wilderness · outback · frontier · backcountry · hinterland · boondocks · nowhere
orient
Align to surroundings
- tropicsWarm equatorial region
- unchartedNot yet documented
- unexploredNot yet investigated
legendary · mythical · eldorado · silk road · terra incognita · antipodes · ends of the earth · unknown · mysterious · alluring
- location wordshere, there, where, north, south
- travel adjectivesscenic, exotic, adventurous, luxurious, remote
- distance wordsnear, close, distant, remote, nearby
- remoteremote control, clicker, universal remote, smart remote, wilderness
- remote placesremote, distant, afar, isolated, wilderness
- beyond reachunattainable, unreachable, inaccessible, out of bounds, elusive