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remote

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of remote

1 small in degree

  • thereʼs a remote chance that itʼll rain today, so I brought an umbrella
Synonyms of remote

fragile, frail, negligible, off, outside, slight, slim, small
Words Related to remote

marginal, minimal, minor

little, tiny
Near Antonyms of remote

great, large

distinct, significant

considerable, goodly, healthy, largish, respectable, significant, sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy
Antonyms of remote

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 of remote

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

indrawn, introverted, nongregarious, recessive, reclusive, reserved, unsocial, withdrawn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 of remote

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 of remote

cordial, friendly, sociable, social, warm

3 screened or sequestered from view

  • a remote cottage on the far side of the mountain
Synonyms of remote

cloistered, covert, hidden, isolated, quiet, retired, secluded, secret, sheltered
Words Related to remote

lone, lonely, lonesome, reclusive, solitary

private
Near Antonyms of remote

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 of remote

away, deep, distant, far, far-flung, far-off, faraway, removed
Words Related to remote

apart, devious, isolated, lonesome, nowhere, obscure, odd, outlying, out-of-the-way, retired, secluded, secret, sequestered
Near Antonyms of remote

adjacent, adjoining, contiguous
Antonyms of remote

close, near, nearby, nigh

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