remote

adjout-of-the-way; in the distance
adjirrelevant, unrelated
adjunlikely, improbable
adjcold, detached; unapproachable

Synonyms for remote

adj out-of-the-way; in the distance

Antonyms for remote

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., from Middle French remot or directly from Latin remotus "afar off, remote, distant in place," past participle of removere "move back or away" (see remove (v.)). Related: Remotely; remoteness. Remote control "fact of controlling from a distance" is recorded from 1904; as a device which allows this from 1920.

Example Sentences forremote

I beg, that I may not be sacrificed to projects, and remote contingencies.

He took up a point as remote as might be from the personal appeal.

Until now he had kept his place in the remote corner of the balcony.

Their surprise was great; for they had not the most remote idea of her intentions.

And how, poor Alice, in that remote village, was chance to throw him in your way?

I arose one September morning, my heart leaping with some remote joy.

Explorations must be made into the remote and obscure beginnings of sex.

“You are putting rather a remote contingency to the front,” said von Francius.

We shall not consider these animals any further, as they are too remote to interest us here.

No image is too remote, no thought too lofty for his purpose.

remote

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Antonyms for remote

absentee

abstracted

afar

alien

ancient

remote

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Antonyms for remote

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