DISTANT


Meaning of DISTANT in English

adj. Function: adjective

1 not close in space, time, or relationship FF1C; traveling to a more distant place FF1E; FF1C; the distant days of the Pilgrim fathers FF1E; FF1C; a distant cousin FF1E;

Synonyms: far, faraway, far-flung, far-off, off-lying, outlying, remote, removed

Related Words: apart, isolated, obscure, out-of-the-way, retired, secret; secluded, sequestered

Idioms: at a distance

Contrasted Words: close, near, nearby, next, nigh; adjacent, adjoining, contiguous

2

Synonyms: DIFFERENT 1, disparate, dissimilar, divergent, diverse, unalike, unequal, unlike, unsimilar, various

3

Synonyms: UNSOCIABLE , aloof, cool, insociable, reserved, solitary, standoffish, unapproachable, uncompanionable, withdrawn

Related Words: arrogant, haughty, proud; modest, retiring, shy

Contrasted Words: forward, presuming, ||pushy, self-assertive

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