Antonyms for remote
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ri-moht |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈmoʊt |
Definition of remote
Origin :- mid-15c., from Middle French remot or directly from Latin remotus "afar off, remote, distant in place," past participle of removere "move back or away" (see remove (v.)). Related: Remotely; remoteness. Remote control "fact of controlling from a distance" is recorded from 1904; as a device which allows this from 1920.
- adj out-of-the-way; in the distance
- adj irrelevant, unrelated
- adj unlikely, improbable
- adj cold, detached; unapproachable
- I beg, that I may not be sacrificed to projects, and remote contingencies.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- He took up a point as remote as might be from the personal appeal.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- Until now he had kept his place in the remote corner of the balcony.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- Their surprise was great; for they had not the most remote idea of her intentions.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- And how, poor Alice, in that remote village, was chance to throw him in your way?
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- I arose one September morning, my heart leaping with some remote joy.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Explorations must be made into the remote and obscure beginnings of sex.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- “You are putting rather a remote contingency to the front,” said von Francius.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- We shall not consider these animals any further, as they are too remote to interest us here.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- No image is too remote, no thought too lofty for his purpose.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
Synonyms for remote
- abstracted
- alien
- alone
- aloof
- apart
- back
- backwoods
- beyond
- boondocks
- casual
- cool
- detached
- devious
- disinterested
- distant
- doubtful
- dubious
- exclusive
- extraneous
- extrinsic
- faint
- far
- far-flung
- far-off
- faraway
- farfetched
- foreign
- frontier
- god-knows-where
- godforsaken
- icy
- immaterial
- implausible
- in a backwater
- inaccessible
- inappropriate
- inconsiderable
- incurious
- indifferent
- indirect
- introspective
- introverted
- isolated
- laid-back
- lonely
- lonesome
- meager
- middle of nowhere
- negligible
- nongermane
- obscure
- off
- off the beaten path
- off-lying
- offish
- outlandish
- outlying
- outside
- pointless
- poor
- private
- putting on airs
- removed
- reserved
- retired
- secluded
- secret
- slender
- slight
- slim
- small
- standoffish
- strange
- stuck up
- uncommunicative
- unconcerned
- unconnected
- undiscovered
- uninterested
- uninvolved
- unknown
- unsettled
- uppity
- wild
- withdrawn
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