adj. 25B6; adjective
areas remote from hospitals : FARAWAY, distant, far (off), far removed.
a remote mountain village : ISOLATED, out of the way, off the beaten track, secluded, lonely, in the back of beyond, godforsaken, inaccessible; N. Amer. in the backwoods, lonesome; Austral./NZ in the backblocks, in the booay; informal in the sticks, in the middle of nowhere; N. Amer. informal in the tall timbers; Austral./NZ informal beyond the black stump; archaic unapproachable.
events remote from modern times : IRRELEVANT TO, unrelated to, unconnected to, unconcerned with, not pertinent to, immaterial to, unassociated with; foreign to, alien to.
a remote possibility : UNLIKELY, improbable, implausible, doubtful, dubious; faint, slight, slim, small, slender.
she seems very remote : ALOOF, distant, detached, withdrawn, reserved, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, unapproachable, unresponsive, unfriendly, unsociable, introspective, introverted; informal stand-offish.
close, central.