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- pronunciation:
- dI
stihnt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
far away in time or space.
At night, we see the light from distant stars.Dinosaurs roamed the earth in the distant past.- synonyms:
- far, faraway, faroff, remote
- antonyms:
- adjacent, close, immediate, near, recent
- similar words:
- outlying, outside, removed, yonder
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| definition 2: |
cold, aloof, or removed; lacking warmth or attentiveness.
His father was generally distant and his relationship with him was not close.You seem somewhat distant today; is there anything wrong?- synonyms:
- aloof, cold, cool, remote, unapproachable, unfriendly, withdrawn
- antonyms:
- attentive, friendly
- similar words:
- faraway, formal, frigid, icy, removed, reserved, standoffish, uncommunicative, unsociable
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| definition 3: |
not immediately related; not close.
She married a distant cousin of hers.- synonyms:
- remote
- antonyms:
- close, near
- similar words:
- removed
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| related words: |
absent-minded, apart, clannish, extreme, far, outer, stiff, taciturn |
adverb + (adj.)distant
emotionally, geographically, impossibly, near, oddly, safely, seemingly, somewhat, strangely
(adj.)distant
+ noun
ancestor,
astronomer,
burst,
cliff,
cloud,
cluster,
colony,
comet,
continent,
corner,
cousin,
cry,
descendant,
destination,
drum,
earthquake,
echo,
explosion,
future,
galaxy,
glow,
gunfire,
headlight,
healing,
hill,
hillside,
horizon,
horn,
hum,
kin,
land,
laughter,
lightning,
locale,
location,
memory,
metastasis,
mist,
mountain,
nebula,
neighbor,
noise,
object,
observer,
orbit,
outpost,
past,
peak,
planet,
province,
quasar,
reach,
realm,
relative,
ridge,
roar,
rumble,
rumbling,
scream,
second,
shore,
shout,
silhouette,
siren,
sound,
star,
suburb,
supernova,
surf,
thunder,
traffic,
tree,
universe,
voice,
whine,
whistle
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| derivations: |
distantly (adv.), distantness (n.) |
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