REMOTENESS Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

remoteness

noun

Definition of remoteness

as in distance

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distance

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as in absence

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Recent Examples of remoteness Contact tracing remains an issue due to the area’s remoteness and ongoing insecurity in Ituri province, Mankoula said. — Wilson McMakin, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 This level of remoteness comes with quite a commute, though. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2026 Increasingly, travellers are moving away from traditional resort destinations in favour of experiences centred on access, remoteness and rarity. — Rachel Ingram, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 The remoteness of their surroundings is no accident; one of these characters is fleeing an inconvenient past, which returns with a vengeance in the form of a beefy sadist (Benoît Magimel) and his two hostage-taking henchmen. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 May 2026 Despite its remoteness, Artisan Lavinia has a strong and loyal following. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2026 Sensei Lanai trades on island remoteness, while Carillon Miami is the rare wellness resort with a city pulse just outside the door. — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026 But for those who visit, the remoteness is part of the appeal. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026 LillyAnne Keeley, a senior, likes that remoteness. — Jon Marcus, NPR, 13 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for remoteness

Noun

With five stations within walking distance of Mercedes-Benz Stadium, State Farm Arena and the surrounding area, visiting World Cup fans told Turnbull the service was cheap, convenient and better than other cities.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Those who are crowd-averse should take it all in from a distance at Battery Park or the Brooklyn Promenade, or hop on the free ferry to Staten Island to catch views of the Statue and the New York Harbor.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of distance

Noun

In the absence of police, an armed, voluntary security force emerged, set up by protesters themselves.

— Sydney Brownstone, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
In the early hours of the morning in Australia, theories about potential long-term knee injuries began to gain traction online, with fans scrambling to find the truth about his absence.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of absence

Noun

Her portraits, including those shown at White Columns and Nicola Vassell Gallery in New York, live in the slippery space between figuration and abstraction.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
In the agentic era, the abstraction target is no longer just infrastructure, runtime or platform.

— Asanka Abeysinghe, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of abstraction

Noun

The Guttmacher Institute counts just three contraceptive methods currently available to men – condoms, vasectomy and withdrawal – versus roughly five times as many options for women.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
But online and during public comments at Thursday’s Lake County Stormwater Management Commission meeting, some data center opponents framed the withdrawal as a misdirection, warning of the environmental dangers still posed by the development.

— Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of withdrawal

Noun

Black enrollees reported the highest rate of unawareness of work requirements at 62%, compared to 56% among White enrollees and 54% among Hispanic enrollees.

— Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
At the same time, Weinberger added, the greatest treatment obstacle is patients not taking their medications — sometimes due to anosognosia, the unawareness of being ill, which affects 50% to 98% of people with schizophrenia.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025

Definition of unawareness

Noun

The most common dispatch descriptions over the year were sick persons, non-traumatic chest pain, trouble breathing, unconsciousness or fainting, abdominal pain and diabetic emergencies.

— Vera Lucia Pappaterra, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
If racing thoughts and elevated cortisol are what’s keeping you awake, this one targets the underlying problem rather than sedating you into unconsciousness.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 18, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2026

Definition of unconsciousness

Noun

Feel-good party music is usually rooted in escapism, or simple obliviousness, while socially conscious art tends toward the bleak, especially these days.

— Will Lynch, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026
His obliviousness is what’s also somewhat endearing but also what’s grounding.

— Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026

Definition of obliviousness

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