Antonyms for remotest
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ri-moht |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈmoʊt |
Definition of remotest
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
- Within a few minutes, it was heard in the remotest room in the College.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- "I haven't the remotest idea," said Davenport, as if vastly bored.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
- "I haven't the remotest idea, Tony," Jan replied, with the utmost sincerity.
- Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
- I laughed, for I thought what he hinted at to be of the remotest likelihood.
- Extract from : « Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti » by T. Hall Caine
- "Naturally, I haven't the remotest notion," replied his father.
- Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith
- And who should warrant us that the Red-coats should not pursue us to remotest fastnesses?
- Extract from : « Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 » by Various
- I did not know enough of her brother for the remotest guess at what he might be like.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- How he "stood" in Abel Kraus's books he had not the remotest idea.
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- This time Dalgleish of Raxmathrapple had not the remotest chance.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 » by Various
- As to where I went for the next few hours I never had the remotest idea.
- Extract from : « In Direst Peril » by David Christie Murray
Synonyms for remotest
- 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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