Definition: located far away spatially
Usage: distant lands; remote stars
Similar words: far
Definition: located at a great distance in time or space or degree
Usage: we come from a far country; far corners of the earth; the far future; a far journey; the far side of the road; far from the truth; far in the future
Synonyms: remote, removed, distant
Definition: separate or apart in time
Usage: distant events; the remote past or future
Similar words: far
Definition: located at a great distance in time or space or degree
Usage: we come from a far country; far corners of the earth; the far future; a far journey; the far side of the road; far from the truth; far in the future
Synonyms: distant
Definition: separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
Usage: distant villages; the sound of distant traffic; a distant sound; a distant telephone call
Similar words: deep
Definition: very distant in time or space
Usage: deep in the past; deep in enemy territory; deep in the woods; a deep space probe
Similar words: extreme
Definition: most distant in any direction
Usage: the extreme edge of town
Similar words: far-flung
Definition: remote
Usage: far-flung corners of the Empire
Similar words: long-distance
Definition: covering a long distance
Usage: a long-distance runner; a long-distance freight train; she ran off with a long-distance truck driver
Similar words: nonadjacent
Definition: not adjacent; not next
Similar words: out-of-town
Definition: happening in or being of another town or city
Usage: an out-of-town tryout; an out-of-town school
Definition: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
Usage: yonder valley; the hills yonder; what is yon place?
Definition: far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
Usage: a distant cousin; a remote relative; a distant likeness; considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics
Similar words: faraway
Definition: far removed mentally
Usage: a faraway (or distant) look in her eyes
Similar words: loosely knit
Definition: having only distant social or legal ties
Usage: a loosely knit group
Similar words: removed
Definition: separated in relationship by a given degree of descent
Usage: a cousin once removed
Similar words: ulterior
Definition: beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
Usage: a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion; without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior- G.B.Shaw
Synonyms: aloof, distant, upstage
Definition: remote in manner
Usage: stood apart with aloof dignity; a distant smile; he was upstage with strangers
Similar words: reserved
Definition: marked by self-restraint and reticence
Usage: was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion-Victoria Sackville-West