Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun far_cry

2 senses of far cry

Sense 1
far cry -- (distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry; "it's a far cry from here")
       => farness, remoteness, farawayness -- (the property of being remote)

Sense 2
far cry -- (a disappointing disparity; "it was a far cry from what he had expected")
       => disparity -- (inequality or difference in some respect)