Synonyms for Remote
rɪˈmoʊtre·mote

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1. remotenoun

   Synonyms:
   poor, faint, wireless, dispassionate, outlying, improbable, hidden, abysmal, removed, distant, disconnected, aloof, far, withdrawn, hands-free

   Antonyms:
   involved, close, reasonable, connected, attached, companionable, proximate, likely, passionate, sure, near, contiguous, probable, intimate, direct

2. remoteadjective

   At a distance; disconnected.

   A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset.

   Synonyms:
   clicker, far, disconnected, wireless, outlying, poor, hidden, removed, distant, aloof, dispassionate, withdrawn, abysmal, improbable, hands-free, faint

   Antonyms:
   probable, involved, contiguous, reasonable, attached, likely, sure, connected, companionable, passionate, proximate, direct, intimate, close, near

3. remoteadjective

   Distant or otherwise inaccessible.

   After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost.

   Synonyms:
   wireless, poor, withdrawn, hands-free, disconnected, aloof, dispassionate, improbable, removed, distant, hidden, far, faint, abysmal, outlying

   Antonyms:
   likely, sure, involved, direct, contiguous, intimate, passionate, attached, near, close, connected, reasonable, proximate, companionable, probable

4. remoteadjective

   Unlikely.

   There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes.

   Synonyms:
   outlying, hidden, distant, improbable, hands-free, dispassionate, wireless, withdrawn, aloof, poor, abysmal, removed, far, faint, disconnected

   Antonyms:
   near, companionable, intimate, close, connected, probable, passionate, direct, attached, sure, contiguous, reasonable, involved, likely, proximate

5. remoteadjective

   Emotionally detached.

   After her mother's death, my friend grew remote for a time while she dealt with her grief.

   Synonyms:
   abysmal, disconnected, removed, wireless, faint, hands-free, hidden, far, dispassionate, distant, poor, improbable, aloof, withdrawn, outlying

   Antonyms:
   sure, contiguous, likely, attached, passionate, probable, near, companionable, reasonable, close, direct, involved, proximate, intimate, connected

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1. remoteadjective

   Foreign refers to difference of birth, alien to difference of allegiance. In their figurative use, that is foreign which is remote, unlike, or unconnected; that is alien which is conflicting, hostile, or opposed. Impertinent and irrelevant matters can not claim consideration in a certain connection; inappropriate matters could not properly be considered. Compare ALIEN, n.; CONTRAST, v.

   Synonyms:
   alien, alien, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, contrasted, distant, foreign, hostile, impertinent, inappropriate, irrelevant, opposed, strange, unconnected, unlike

   Antonyms:
   akin, appropriate, apropos, essential, germane, pertinent, proper, relevant

   Preposition:
   Such a purpose was alien to (or from) my thought: to preferable.

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1. remote

   Synonyms:
   distant, indirect, unconnected, unrelated, foreign, alien, heterogeneous, separate, contingent

   Antonyms:
   near, close, direct, connected, related, homogeneous, immediate, proximate, essential, present, pressing, urgent, actual

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1. remote control, remoteadjective

   a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance

   "he lost the remote for his TV"

   Synonyms:
   remote control, remote

   Antonyms:
   near, nigh, close, accessible, likely

2. distant, remoteadjective

   located far away spatially

   "distant lands"; "remote stars"

   Synonyms:
   outback(a), upstage, outside, distant, remote, removed, aloof

   Antonyms:
   likely, accessible, near, nigh, close

3. outside, remoteadjective

   very unlikely

   "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency"

   Synonyms:
   removed, outback(a), distant, outdoor(a), extraneous, remote, outside, away, external, out-of-door, outside(a), international

   Antonyms:
   near, nigh, accessible, close, likely

4. distant, remote, removedadjective

   separate or apart in time

   "distant events"; "the remote past or future"

   Synonyms:
   upstage, outback(a), distant, aloof, removed(p), remote, outside, removed

   Antonyms:
   close, nigh, near, accessible, likely

5. outback(a), remoteadjective

   inaccessible and sparsely populated;

   Antonyms:
   close, nigh, accessible, near, likely

6. distant, remoteadjective

   far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship

   "a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"

   Synonyms:
   outback(a), upstage, outside, distant, remote, removed, aloof

   Antonyms:
   close, nigh, near, likely, accessible

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1. remoteadjective

   Synonyms:
   far, distant, far off, not near, not nigh

2. remoteadjective

   Synonyms:
   alien, foreign, unallied, separated, unconnected

3. remoteadjective

   Synonyms:
   secluded, sequestered, removed

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1. remoteadjective

   Synonyms:
   distant

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1. List of paraphrases for "remote":

   distant, distance, remotely, outlying, isolated, peripheral, far-flung, outermost, transmitter, far-off, long-range, telecommand, hard-to-reach, faraway, long-haul, long-distance, clicker

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1. The NFL commissioner:

   Anyone who seeks the presidency must recognize that in this century, there is no such thing as a remote problem. Our economy is increasingly global, and our people are increasingly bound to the affairs of the world, a threat a hemisphere away such as ISIS can become a threat down the street almost overnight.

2. Sara Bode:

   I really worry that prolonged closures are going to have a huge detriment, …Kids that are most likely affected first are kids that attend more large, urban school districts, as an example, which are also often families that come from a lower socioeconomic status and may have had some challenges with remote learning, and so we're just widening the gap.

3. Sally Gainsbury:

   There's a large gray sort of offshore market ... in every country, where it's actually just not possible for the government to regulate these sites that are based in all these tiny remote jurisdictions, so it's difficult to get a really accurate size of how much people are betting because a lot of it is actually illegal.

4. Home Minister Safaraz Bugti:

   It was a judge's car that was passing, but I believe it was the police who were the target, it was a remote-controlled device with 3-4 kg of explosives ... I think these kinds of cowardly acts will not reduce our morale.

5. Larry Krasner:

   Twenty-eight years ago, Denise Sharon Kulb was found dead in a remote area in the suburbs, abandoned and discarded, denise Sharon Kulb was Denise Sharon Kulb, a daughter, a sister, a friend. Denise Sharon Kulb deserved far better than to be killed and left in a location unknown to those who mourned Denise Sharon Kulb.