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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
furthest
    adv 1: to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage
           (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this
           abstract sense); "went the furthest of all the children
           in her education"; "furthest removed from reality"; "she
           goes farthest in helping us" [syn: furthest,
           farthest]
    2: to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used
       more often than `furthest' in this physical sense); "see who
       could jump the farthest"; "chose the farthest seat from the
       door"; "he swam the furthest" [syn: farthest, furthest]
    adj 1: (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or
           order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go
           beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored
           the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the
           peninsula" [syn: farthermost, farthest,
           furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Further \Fur"ther\, a. compar. [Positive wanting; superl.
   Furthest.]
   1. More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance;
      farther; as, the further end of the field. See Farther.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Beyond; additional; as, a further reason for this opinion;
      nothing further to suggest.
      [1913 Webster]

   Note: The forms further and farther are in general not
         differentiated by writers, but further is preferred by
         many when application to quantity or degree is implied.
         [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Furthest \Fur"thest\, a.
   superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See
   Further, a.
   [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Furthest \Fur"thest\, adv.
   At the greatest distance; farthest.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for furthest:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
at the height, at the limit, extreme, far out, farthermost, farthest, farthest off, furthermost, greatest, most, most distant, outermost, outmost, radical, remotest, too much, ultimate, ultra, ultra-ultra, utmost, uttermost, way out
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