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. 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.

2. Tracey Lomax:

   At that time, it was kind of far-fetched. We heard it, but we didn’t act on it, i’m not going to say it was hard to believe, but it just didn’t apply to us at the time because my sister was at home with us.

3. 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.

4. Francois Molins:

   He said that when he got on the train he had no terrorism plan ... in his statements, which I deem far-fetched, he said he planned to rob the passengers of their money, smash a window and then jump out.

5. 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.