Thesaurus: distant

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1. a. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.
2. a. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.
3. a. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.
4. a. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.
5. a. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.
6. adj. separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
7. adj. far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
8. adj. remote in manner
9. adj. separate or apart in time
10. adj. located far away spatially
11. 1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. One board had two tenons, equally distant. Ex. xxxvi. 22. Diana's temple is not distant far. Shak. 2. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives. The success of these distant enterprises. Prescott. 3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner. He passed me with a distant bow. Goldsmith. 4. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance. Some distant knowledge. Shak. A distant glimpse. W. Irving. 5. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity. Syn. -- Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight; faint; indirect; indistinct.
12. j:100 a. separated in space or coming from or going to a distance a. far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship s. separate or apart in time s. located far away spatially