Definition for Distant:

• far apart in relevance or relationship; " a distant cousin"; " a distant likeness"

Synonyms for Distant:

• adj.

  •aloof (adjective)
  • modest,
  • put on airs,
  • shy,
  • stuck-up,
  • ceremonious,
  • stiff,
  • uppity,
  • proud,
  • retiring,
  • standoff,
  • arrogant,
  • on ice,
  • Insociable.
  •cold (adjective)
  • unenthusiastic,
  • unimpassioned,
  • matter of fact.
  •cool (adjective)
  • offhand.
  •desolate (adjective)
  • godforsaken.
  •different (adjective)
  • other,
  • unalike,
  • unequal,
  • contrastive,
  • unsimilar,
  • unlike.
  •faraway (adjective)
  • apart,
  • retired,
  • out of reach,
  • wide of,
  • telescopic,
  • inaccessible,
  • in the boonies,
  • beyond range,
  • out of range,
  • not home,
  • out-of-the-way,
  • ways,
  • a piece,
  • indirect,
  • in the background,
  • backwoods,
  • far back,
  • in the distance,
  • secret,
  • in the sticks.
  •glacial (adjective)
  • Seclusive.
  •inaccessible (adjective)
  • unattainable,
  • unreachable,
  • Inapproachable.
  •indifferent (adjective)
  • unsocial.
  •near (adjective)
  • convenient.
  •obscure (adjective)
  • irrelevant.
  •remote (adjective)
  • beyond.
  •taciturn (adjective)
  • incommunicative,
  • unforthcoming,
  • Incommunicable,
  • tightlipped,
  • uncommunicable.
  •uncommunicative (adjective)
  • taciturn.
  •unknown (adjective)
  • uncharted.

• n.

  •
  • later,
  • someday,
  • tomorrow.
  •
  • controlled,
  • impassive,
  • passive,
  • neutral,
  • unemotional,
  • unresponsive,
  • blank,
  • restrained,
  • time.
  •
  • hot,
  • attitude,
  • standoffish,
  • undemonstrative.
  •distant (noun)
  • extreme,
  • loosely knit,
  • far-flung,
  • ulterior,
  • nonadjacent,
  • aloof,
  • faraway,
  • out-of-town.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dreamily,
  • heedless,
  • inattentive,
  • furthermost,
  • atavistic,
  • away,
  • offish,
  • absently,
  • neglectful,
  • preoccupied,
  • secluded,
  • sequestered,
  • illegitimate,
  • further,
  • abstracted,
  • way out,
  • detachment,
  • filial,
  • outer,
  • vaguely,
  • remotely,
  • familial,
  • spaced-out,
  • inattention,
  • illegitimacy,
  • off,
  • mile.
  •
  • cleft,
  • formal,
  • Family,
  • kinship,
  • unrelated,
  • isolated,
  • furthest,
  • lonesome,
  • lonely,
  • asunder.
  •
  • neglect,
  • legitimate,
  • peripheral,
  • reticent.
  •
  • chilly.
  •
  • solitary,
  • range.
  •
  • clear.
  •
  • direct.
  •away
  • abroad.
  •beyond
  • out.
  •distant
  • unapproachable.
  •far
  • far-off.
  •unfriendly
  • icily,
  • impersonal,
  • roughly,
  • stony,
  • spiteful,
  • uncaring,
  • forbidding,
  • severe,
  • inhospitable,
  • unsympathetic,
  • rough,
  • dour,
  • unsmiling,
  • misanthropic,
  • Cold-hearted.
  •unresponsive
  • frigid.

Paraphrases for Distant:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    far-off, far-away, far-flung, faraway.
  • Proper noun, singular
    faraway.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    not-so-distant, not-too-distant.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    VER, elusive, unattainable, outermost, long-distance, isolated, distal, distance-education, ancient, distance-learning, distance, afield, peripheral, different, near, long-haul, far-reaching.
  • Proper noun, singular
    POPS, distance, Distances.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    outlying, long.

Antonyms for Distant:

• adj.

  • all
    close.
  • faraway
    friendly, kind, mingling, public, adjacent, near, neighboring, warm, nearby, approachable, sympathetic.
  • Other antonyms:
    appropriate, amiable, like, agreeable, equivalent, congenial, talkative, gracious, homogenous, uniform, expansive, apropos, garrulous, comparable, outgoing, dear, pertinent, essential, similar, homological, unreserved, akin, proper, selfsame, homologous, germane, hospitable, kin, genial, related, relevant, homogeneous, analogous, kindred, Impendent, tantamount, communicative, alike, folksy, parallel.

Homophones for Distant:

• decadent, death's-head moth, decedent, distend, Distended, destined, dissident.