Synonyms of the word distant


DISTANTALOOF - DEEP - EXTREME - FAR - FAR-FLUNG - FARAWAY - LONG-DISTANCE - NONADJACENT - OUT-OF-TOWN - REMOTE - REMOVED - RESERVED - ULTERIOR - UPSTAGE - YON - YONDER

distant

  • adj. Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
  • adj. Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.

aloof

  • adv. At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
  • adv. Without sympathy; unfavorably.
  • adj. Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
  • prep. (obsolete) away from; clear of.

deep

  • adj. (heading, of a physical distance) Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.
  • adj. (heading, intellectual, social) Complex, involved.
  • adj. (sound, voice) Low in pitch.
  • adj. (of a color) Dark and highly saturated.
  • adj. (sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
  • adj. Immersed, submerged (in).
  • adj. Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
  • adv. Deeply.
  • n. (literary, with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
  • n. (rare) A deep shade of colour.
  • n. (US, rare) The profound part of a problem.
  • n. (with "the") The sea, the ocean.
  • n. (cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.

extreme

  • adj. Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
  • adj. In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
  • adj. Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
  • adj. Drastic, or of great severity.
  • adj. Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
  • adj. (archaic) Ultimate, final or last.
  • n. The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition.
  • n. Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
  • n. A drastic expedient.
  • n. (mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.
  • adv. (archaic) Extremely.

far

  • adj. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) Distant.
  • adj. Remote in space.
  • adj. Remote in time.
  • adj. Long.
  • adj. More remote or longer of two.
  • adj. Extreme.
  • adj. Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.
  • adj. (computing, not comparable) Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
  • adv. Distant in space, time or degree.
  • adv. To or from a great distance, time, or degree.
  • adv. (with a comparative) Very much.
  • n. Spelt (type of wheat).
  • n. A young pig, or a litter of pigs.

far-flung

  • adj. Remote or distant, in space, time or relationship.
  • adj. Wide-ranging, widespread or widely distributed.

faraway

  • adj. Distant.

long-distance

  • adj. Over a great length.
  • adj. Referring to a non-local telephone call; a toll call.
  • adj. Referring to a romantic relationship: between two people with a considerable distance between them.

nonadjacent

  • adj. Not adjacent.

out-of-town

  • adj. Alternative form of out of town.

remote

  • adj. At a distance; disconnected.
  • adj. Distant or otherwise inaccessible.
  • adj. Unlikely.
  • adj. Emotionally detached.
  • n. Short for remote control.
  • n. (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control…
  • v. (computing) To connect to a computer from a remote location.

removed

  • adj. Separated in time, space, or degree.
  • adj. Of a different generation, older or younger.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of remove.

reserved

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of reserve.
  • adj. (comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.
  • adj. (not comparable) Set aside for the use of a particular person or party.

ulterior

  • adj. Situated beyond, or on the farther side.
  • adj. Beyond what is obvious or evident.
  • adj. Being intentionally concealed so as to deceive.
  • adj. (archaic) Happening later; subsequent.

upstage

  • n. The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.
  • adv. toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage.
  • adv. away from a motion-picture or television camera.
  • adj. At the rear of a stage.
  • v. (transitive) To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.
  • v. (transitive) To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.
  • v. (transitive) To treat snobbishly.
  • v. (medicine, transitive) To restage (cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment (compare…

yon

  • adj. (dated or dialectal) That (thing) over there; of something distant, but within sight.
  • adv. (dated or dialectal) Yonder.
  • pron. (dated or dialectal) That one or those over there.
  • phr. (knitting) Acronym of yarn over needle.

yonder

  • adv. (informal, dialect) In a distant, indicated place; over there.
  • n. Something that is distant but within sight.

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