remote | Definition of remote

1 small in degree

there's a remote chance that it'll 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indrawn, introverted, nongregarious, recessive, reclusive, reserved, unsocial, withdrawn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

Synonyms and Antonyms of remote

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