Entry Word: distant

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 not close in time or space <the distant towers were barely visible in the fog>

Synonyms away, far, faraway, far-off, remote, removed

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

Near Antonyms adjacent, adjoining, contiguous

Antonyms close, near, nearby, nigh

2 having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others <was distant and distracted all throughout the interview> — see cool 1