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Definition of REMOTE

1

small in degree <there's a remote chance that it'll rain today, so I brought an umbrella>

Synonyms fragile, frail, negligible, off, outside, slight, slim, small

Related Words marginal, minimal, minor; little, tiny

Near Antonyms great, large; distinct, significant; considerable, goodly, healthy, largish, respectable, significant, sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy

Antonyms good

2

having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others <his grandfather had been a somewhat remote figure, at least until they got to spend a summer together>

Synonyms aloof, antisocial, asocial, buttoned-up, cold, cold-eyed, detached, distant, dry, frosty, offish, remote, standoff, standoffish, unbending, unclubbable, unsociable

Related Words indrawn, introverted, nongregarious, recessive, reclusive, reserved, unsocial, withdrawn; misanthropic; apathetic, hard, indifferent, unconcerned; clinical, dispassionate, impersonal, professional; disinterested, incurious, uninterested; reticent, silent, taciturn, uncommunicative; diffident, shy, timid; cliquey, cliquish, clubbish

Near Antonyms boon, clubbable (also clubable), clubby, companionable, convivial, extroverted (also extraverted), gregarious, outgoing; communicative, expansive, garrulous, talkative; affable, folksy, genial, gracious, hospitable; agreeable, amiable, congenial, kindly, neighborly

Antonyms cordial, friendly, sociable, social, warm

3

screened or sequestered from view <a remote cottage on the far side of the mountain>

Synonyms cloistered, covert, hidden, isolated, quiet, remote, retired, secret, sheltered

Related Words lone, lonely, lonesome, reclusive, solitary; private

Near Antonyms obvious, visible; exposed

4

not close in time or space <a permanent base on Mars is likely to happen only in the remote future>

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

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

Near Antonyms adjacent, adjoining, contiguous

Antonyms close, near, nearby, nigh