Synonyms of remote

remote

adjective

1

as in small

small in degree

there's a remote chance that it'll rain today, so I brought an umbrella

Synonyms & Similar Words

• small
• off
• slim
• outside
• fragile
• slight
• negligible
• marginal
• minimal
• tiny
• minor
• little
• frail

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• large
• good
• great
• significant
• distinct
• substantial
• considerable
• healthy
• sizable
• sizeable
• respectable
• goodly
• tidy
• largish

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• large
• good
• great
• significant
• distinct
• substantial
• considerable
• healthy
• sizable
• sizeable
• respectable
• goodly
• tidy
• largish

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2

as in distant

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 & Similar Words

• distant
• detached
• cold
• cool
• dry
• reserved
• withdrawn
• aloof
• clinical
• silent
• antisocial
• frosty
• timid
• professional
• standoffish
• unsociable
• standoff
• asocial
• offish
• unbending
• shy
• hard
• unclubbable
• reclusive
• buttoned-up
• cold-eyed
• introverted
• impersonal
• unsocial
• indifferent
• misanthropic
• recessive
• dispassionate
• uninterested
• unconcerned
• apathetic
• disinterested
• indrawn
• taciturn
• uncommunicative
• incurious
• reticent
• nongregarious
• diffident
• cliquish
• cliquey
• clubbish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• social
• warm
• friendly
• cordial
• sociable
• convivial
• expansive
• outgoing
• boon
• companionable
• communicative
• gregarious
• extroverted
• talkative
• hospitable
• garrulous
• clubby
• folksy
• gracious
• genial
• extraverted
• clubable
• affable
• congenial
• clubbable
• amiable
• agreeable
• neighborly
• kindly

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• social
• warm
• friendly
• cordial
• sociable
• convivial
• expansive
• outgoing
• boon
• companionable
• communicative
• gregarious
• extroverted
• talkative
• hospitable
• garrulous
• clubby
• folksy
• gracious
• genial
• extraverted
• clubable
• affable
• congenial
• clubbable
• amiable
• agreeable
• neighborly
• kindly

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3

as in secluded

screened or sequestered from view

a remote cottage on the far side of the mountain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• secluded
• hidden
• isolated
• sheltered
• quiet
• lonely
• private
• covert
• secret
• lone
• retired
• cloistered
• solitary
• reclusive
• lonesome

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• visible
• obvious
• exposed

• visible
• obvious
• exposed

4

as in away

not close in time or space

a permanent base on Mars is likely to happen only in the remote future

Synonyms & Similar Words

• away
• distant
• deep
• far
• removed
• far-off
• apart
• far-flung
• faraway
• isolated
• secluded
• outlying
• out-of-the-way
• nowhere
• obscure
• secret
• retired
• lonesome
• odd
• sequestered
• devious

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• close
• nearby
• near
• adjacent
• contiguous
• nigh
• adjoining

• close
• nearby
• near
• adjacent
• contiguous
• nigh
• adjoining

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