so far

Questions about so far

What does so far mean?

so far means "used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for so far?

Close synonyms include thus far, up to now, hitherto, heretofore, as yet. 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 so far a common word?

so far is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.