Synonyms for far-fetched
far-fetched

Princeton's WordNet

1. farfetched, far-fetchedadjective

   (of a theory or explanation) highly imaginative but unlikely and unconvincing

   "a farfetched excuse"

2. farfetched, far-fetchedadjective

   (of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable

   "He was always full of far-fetched plans, none of which ever worked"

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1. far-fetchedadjective

   Synonyms:
   forced, strained, catachrestic

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1. List of paraphrases for "far-fetched":

   exaggerated, implausible, twisted

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1. John Baur:

   One of the reasons Rousseff was so unpopular was because she was slowly starting to make some of the changes that needed to be made, with many of the same people still around, big change in Brazil seems far-fetched.

2. Paul Offit:

   Given how this president has behaved, this incredibly dangerous scenario is not far-fetched.

3. John Thune:

   I don't know how they do that, i can't imagine telling the President of United States — one, they are not negotiating with him on the shutdown and, two, now they are going to tell him he can't come to the Capitol to them. United States seems pretty far-fetched. I don't think United States's going to go over very well with the American people.

4. Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday:

   It is so far-fetched, it's so ridiculous, honestly, I wish I had that power. I'd love to have that power.

5. Ross Garber:

   It is not far-fetched to argue that he should have anticipated that his false election claims and incitement to march on the Capitol to' stop the steal' would have devastating consequences.