Definition for Outlying:

• owt'l[= i]- ing, adj. lying out or beyond: remote: on the exterior or frontier: detached.

Synonyms for Outlying:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • outlying.
  •distant (adjective)
  • retired,
  • more yonder,
  • unapproachable,
  • more telescopic,
  • arms length,
  • un-approachable,
  • in sticks,
  • re tired,
  • most yonder,
  • out range,
  • most apart,
  • in the boonies,
  • out earshot,
  • more sequestered,
  • out reach,
  • out-lying,
  • in direct,
  • un approachable,
  • in accessible,
  • more away,
  • more apart,
  • arm length,
  • most away,
  • most sequestered,
  • out of range,
  • in-accessible,
  • in background,
  • middle nowhere,
  • farflung,
  • far flung,
  • in distance,
  • most asunder,
  • most ways,
  • most telescopic,
  • re moved,
  • out lying,
  • re-tired,
  • in boonies,
  • more asunder,
  • in-direct.
  •exterior (adjective)
  • Extra-territorial,
  • extra-terrestrial,
  • extrinsic,
  • sur face,
  • extra territorial,
  • most extraterritorial,
  • more extraterrestrial,
  • most extraterrestrial,
  • extra terrestrial,
  • out most,
  • out door,
  • sur-face,
  • more exoteric,
  • most exoteric,
  • out-door,
  • more extraterritorial,
  • out-most,
  • extraterrestrial.
  •far (adjective)
  • stone throw,
  • more far-removed,
  • piecest,
  • most bit,
  • farremoved,
  • most afar,
  • more bit,
  • most far removed,
  • most miles,
  • most farremoved,
  • most far-removed,
  • more miles,
  • end rainbow,
  • more afar,
  • far removed.
  •far-off (adjective)
  • far off,
  • at a distance.
  •faraway (adjective)
  • preoccupied,
  • beyond horizon,
  • quite ways,
  • pre occupied,
  • pre-occupied.
  •outer (adjective)
  • be-yond,
  • most beyond,
  • more without,
  • out side,
  • more beyond,
  • most without,
  • be yond.
  •outermost (adjective)
  • fringer,
  • outer most.
  •out of the way (adjective)
  • out of way,
  • out way,
  • out the way.
  •remote (adjective)
  • god-knows-where,
  • off beaten path,
  • off-lying,
  • in a backwater.
  •secluded (adjective)
  • out of the way.

• a. & adv.

  •far (adjective, adverb)
  • more farremoved,
  • more far removed.

• n.

  •
  • apart,
  • external,
  • peripheral,
  • out-of-the-way,
  • away.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • distantly,
  • remotely,
  • furthermost,
  • far-flung,
  • inaccessible,
  • way out,
  • afar,
  • sequestered,
  • yonder,
  • mile.
  •
  • faraway,
  • furthest,
  • insular,
  • cleft.
  •
  • secluded,
  • removed.
  •
  • solitary,
  • extreme.
  •
  • lonely,
  • obscure,
  • lonesome.
  •
  • out.
  •
  • clear.

Paraphrases for Outlying:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    neighboring, surrounding, ultraperipheral, neighbouring, adjoining, marginal, nearby, faraway, external, outgoing, far-off, suburban, marginalized, offshore, ambient, outer, long-haul.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Islands, Leaves.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    moving, leaving, departing, living, surrounding.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    outermost, remote, far-flung, distant, ultra-peripheral, isolated, peripheral.
  • Proper noun, singular
    peripheral, outer.

Antonyms for Outlying:

• adj.

  • in rural area; remote
    central, middle, inner.
  • Other antonyms:
    close, nigh, near.

Outlying Sentence Examples:

• Indeed, they owned and were agents for such an innumerable quantity of outlying property, that a country gentleman, as I was, might have imagined them in possession of at least one half of South America, and that the only one worth having.

• She had been visiting an outlying farm, and though there were others upon whom the duty devolved I insisted on driving her home.