Synonyms for far cry
far cry

Princeton's WordNet

1. far crynoun

   distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry

   "it's a far cry from here"

2. far crynoun

   a disappointing disparity

   "it was a far cry from what he had expected"

Matched Categories

1. • Disparity
   • Farness

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1. Christopher Steele:

   A footnote saying something may be political is a far cry from letting the American people know that the Democrats and the Hillary (Clinton) campaign paid for dirt that the FBI then used to get a warrant on an American citizen to spy on another campaign.

2. Mat Staver:

   Government employees are public servants and prohibited by the Constitution from inhibiting religious freedom, that is a far cry from sneaking around and into a church and acting like KGB agents.

3. Akanimo Odon:

   There are two fundamental problems that currently exist which would be exacerbated should the government not take the right steps, with less than 15 higher institutions (both public and private), Lagos is a far cry from meeting its higher education demands.

4. Rob Portman:

   At its core, the president’s plan calls for a $620 billion investment in transportation infrastructure. However, the total soars to $3 trillion with its inclusion of these broad policy priorities that are a far cry away from what we’ve ever defined as infrastructure, the Biden Administration’s plan redefines infrastructure to include hundreds of billions of dollars of spending on priorities like health care, workforce development, and research and development.

5. Lindsay Zanno:

   As one of the earliest and oldest crocodylomorphs, Carnufex was a far cry from living crocodiles. It was an agile, terrestrial predator that hunted on land, carnufex predates the group that living crocodiles belong to.