remoter

adjective

as in further

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remoter
  1. further
  2. distant
  3. other
  4. remote
  5. opposite
  6. farther
Adjective
  • The South's joint chiefs said Saturday the military stepped up surveillance and vigilance for possible further launches from the North and was closely sharing information with the United States and Japan.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • However, further Houthi offensives have met stiffer resistance from the recuperated forces of the Presidential Leadership Council, depriving the group of another quick victory.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of further
Adjective
  • The lonely runner conjecture predicts that, at some point, a runner will be maximally distant from all the other runners—the saddest, loneliest phase of the race.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
  • As a child, Henrik Andersen would look out of his window in Jutland, Denmark’s windswept western peninsula, and watch the distant wind turbines turn.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of distant
Adjective
  • Anderson of Johns Hopkins has been working with a dozen other researchers, through grants from Arnold Ventures, to study prices more and contemplate state-level legislation that mirrors the CBO’s options.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The incident became even more troubling after reports that models had turned up on a dozen other websites.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of other
Adjective
  • Her mother had died in her hometown on a remote mountainside in what is now Slovenia.
    — Joe Kovac, AJC.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Average response time was 68 milliseconds, more than 40% lower latency than the remote route, according to Sceye.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of remote
Adjective
  • The opposite approach begins by asking what must be true underneath a desirable result.
    — Janita Pannu, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Whether people on opposite sides of Measure X might eventually find common ground is yet to be seen.
    — Itay Hod, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of opposite
Adjective
  • For migratory species such as myrtle warblers, the farther north and west their breeding range expanded, the longer the migration to their southern wintering ground became.
    — Stephanie Szarmach, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The farther outside that band of totality the less of the sun’s surface the moon appears to obscure.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of farther
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“Remoter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remoter. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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