Synonyms for distant
ˈdɪs tənt

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1. distant(a)

   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, foreign, hostile, impertinent, inappropriate, irrelevant, opposed, remote, 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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. distant

   Synonyms:
   far, remote, aloof, apart, asunder, separate, indistinct, obscure

   Antonyms:
   close, near, adjacent, contiguous

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1. distant(adj)

   separated in space or coming from or going to a distance

   "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"

   Synonyms:
   upstage, remote, removed, aloof

   Antonyms:
   ambient, good, unreserved, buddy-buddy, intimate, proximate, enveloping(a), close at hand(p), cozy, close, close-set(a), close together(p), hand-to-hand, at hand(p), immediate, confidential, chummy, nestled, close set(p), side by side(p), contiguous, closely knit, next, near, scalelike, approximate, thick(p), imminent, walking(a), dear, nigh, adpressed, close-hauled, close-knit, walk-to(a), surrounding(a), adjacent, familiar, snuggled, circumferent, appressed, encompassing(a), juxtaposed, impending, impendent, boon

2. distant, remote(adj)

   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, remote, removed, aloof

   Antonyms:
   adjacent, unreserved, thick(p), close, near, close-set(a), walk-to(a), immediate, close-knit, proximate, circumferent, appressed, next, boon, enveloping(a), dear, contiguous, familiar, juxtaposed, hand-to-hand, chummy, snuggled, nigh, impending, surrounding(a), confidential, close-hauled, cozy, at hand(p), scalelike, approximate, close set(p), close at hand(p), imminent, walking(a), adpressed, intimate, good, buddy-buddy, side by side(p), close together(p), impendent, ambient, closely knit, nestled, encompassing(a)

3. aloof, distant, upstage(adj)

   remote in manner

   "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"

   Synonyms:
   aloof, remote, removed, upstage

   Antonyms:
   adjacent, proximate, juxtaposed, encompassing(a), close-knit, appressed, surrounding(a), close, scalelike, near, walking(a), snuggled, close-set(a), impendent, closely knit, familiar, side by side(p), dear, at hand(p), intimate, close at hand(p), close-hauled, close together(p), good, imminent, buddy-buddy, close set(p), impending, cozy, nigh, next, chummy, enveloping(a), approximate, confidential, nestled, boon, ambient, contiguous, hand-to-hand, thick(p), circumferent, immediate, walk-to(a), unreserved, adpressed

4. distant, remote, removed(adj)

   separate or apart in time

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

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

   Antonyms:
   walk-to(a), at hand(p), close-set(a), snuggled, confidential, walking(a), chummy, close at hand(p), proximate, near, boon, contiguous, immediate, nestled, close, appressed, adjacent, enveloping(a), nigh, circumferent, impending, buddy-buddy, close set(p), unreserved, intimate, imminent, cozy, ambient, good, closely knit, thick(p), close-hauled, approximate, surrounding(a), juxtaposed, dear, familiar, scalelike, close-knit, impendent, side by side(p), encompassing(a), adpressed, hand-to-hand, next, close together(p)

5. distant, remote(adj)

   located far away spatially

   "distant lands"; "remote stars"

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

   Antonyms:
   boon, scalelike, intimate, ambient, near, nigh, approximate, close, walking(a), cozy, close together(p), proximate, imminent, side by side(p), impendent, contiguous, close set(p), thick(p), closely knit, surrounding(a), encompassing(a), confidential, walk-to(a), appressed, circumferent, at hand(p), adjacent, close-knit, unreserved, close-set(a), chummy, hand-to-hand, immediate, juxtaposed, familiar, snuggled, close at hand(p), nestled, next, buddy-buddy, adpressed, impending, close-hauled, enveloping(a), good, dear

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1. distant(a.)

   Synonyms:
   remote, far, not near

2. distant(a.)

   Synonyms:
   reserved, shy, cold, cool, coy, not cordial

3. distant(a.)

   Synonyms:
   slight, faint, indirect, indistinct, obscure

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1. distant(a)

   Synonyms:
   remote, far-off, uncordial, reserved, cold

   Antonyms:
   near

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1. List of paraphrases for "distant":

   remote, far-off, faraway, far, aloof, distance, elusive, outlying, far-away, far-flung

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1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

   We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance.

2. Nagirasia Lengima:

   Our teachers may not be able to survive in some of the distant territories.

3. Sam Rainsy:

   If we Khmers continue to fight against each other, we will continue to lose our territories and, in the not too distant future, we will lose our country altogether.

4. Milan Kundera:

   We don't know when our name came into being or how some distant ancestor acquired it. We don't understand our name at all, we don't know its history and yet we bear it with exalted fidelity, we merge with it, we like it, we are ridiculously proud of it as if we had thought it up ourselves in a moment of brilliant inspiration.

5. Suzanne Franklin:

   My distant cousin received an out of the blue message through Ancestry’s messaging portal from a family in Germany, it turns out that this was in regard to my uncle, Herb Harms, who died on Aug. 16, 1944, when his plane was shot down.

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