distant
distant is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.
- adjective. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.
- adjective. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.
- adjective. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.
- adjective. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.
- adjective. located far away spatially
"distant lands"
"remote stars"
- adjective. separate or apart in time
"distant events"
"the remote past or future"
- adjective. separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
"distant villages"
"the sound of distant traffic"
- adjective. far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
"a distant cousin"
"a remote relative"
- adjective. remote in manner
"stood apart with aloof dignity"
"a distant smile"
Synonyms
remote, removed, aloof, upstage
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