Synonyms and Antonyms of distant
1
not close in time or space
- the distant towers were barely visible in the fog
apart, devious, isolated, lonesome, nowhere, obscure, odd, outlying, out-of-the-way, retired, secluded, secret, sequestered
2
having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others
- was distant and distracted all throughout the interview
aloof, antisocial, asocial, buttoned-up, cold, cold-eyed, cool, detached, dry, frosty, offish, remote, standoff, standoffish, unbending, unclubbable, unsociable
indrawn, introverted, nongregarious, recessive, reclusive, reserved, unsocial, withdrawn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
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
3
being not of the same kind
- a marriage between two people from very distant cultures
different, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, distinctive, distinguishable, diverse, nonidentical, other, unalike, unlike
divers, miscellaneous, mixed, several, sundry, variant, varied, various
differentiable, discriminable
alternate, alternative, individual, particular, peculiar, single
disproportionate, divergent, unequal
