far and near

1. 1.

   over great areas or distances; everywhere

   “he traveled far and wide”

   “the news spread far and wide”

   “people came from far and near”

   “searched for the child far and near”

   Synonymsfar and wide

Questions about far and near

What does far and near mean?

far and near means "over great areas or distances; everywhere".

What is another word for far and near?

Close synonyms include far and wide. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is far and near a common word?

far and near is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.