remote
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- distant, far, inaccessible, in the middle of nowhere, isolated, out-of-the-way, secluded
- aloof, abstracted, cold, detached, distant, reserved, standoffish, uncommunicative, withdrawn
- slight, doubtful, dubious, faint, outside, slender, slim, small, unlikely

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Antonyms: close, adjacent
Contrasted words: great, large, important, significant, weighty

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English Thesaurus: far, a long way, miles, in the distance, distant, ...

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I. re‧mote¹ W3 /rɪˈməʊt $ -ˈmoʊt/ adjective
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of removere; ⇒ remove]

1. FAR AWAY far from towns or other places where people live Synonym : isolated:
a remote border town
a fire in a remote mountain area

2. NOT LIKELY if a chance or possibility of something happening is remote, it is not very likely to happen Synonym : slight
remote chance/possibility
There’s a remote chance that you can catch him before he leaves.
The prospect of peace seems remote.

3. TIME far away in time Synonym : distant:
the remote time when dinosaurs walked the earth
a remote ancestor (=someone related to you, who lived a long time ago)

4. DIFFERENT very different from something
remote from
The Heights was quiet and clean and remote from the busy daily life of the city.

5. PERSON unfriendly, and not interested in people Synonym : distant:
His father was a remote, quiet man.

6. not have the remotest idea/interest/intention etc especially British English used to emphasize that you do not know something, are not interested in something, do not intend to do something etc:
He hasn’t the remotest interest in sport.
not have the remotest idea/interest/intention etc what/where/who etc
I haven’t the remotest idea what you mean.
—remoteness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. remote² noun [countable]
a remote control:
Give me the remote.

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remote
adj.
VERBS appear, be, feel, look, seem
ADV. extremely, very | impossibly, infinitely, utterly Adulthood and responsibility seemed impossibly remote.
increasingly | comparatively, fairly, pretty, quite, rather, relatively, somewhat a fairly remote possibility rural areas that are relatively remote
geographically, physically geographically remote areas
PREP. from Jane felt remote from what was going on around her.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

far adverb a long distance – used mainly in negatives and questions, or after ‘too’, ‘so’, and ‘as’:
It’s not far to the airport from here.
Have you driven far?
The ship was so far away we could hardly see it.
a long way adverb a long distance from somewhere. This is the most common way of talking about long distances, except in negatives and questions when far is also common:
You must be tired – you’ve come a long way.
It’s a long way down from the top of the cliff.
I can’t see things that are a long way away.
miles adverb informal a very long way:
We hiked miles.
The school is miles away from where I live.
in the distance adverb a long way from where you are now – used when talking about things that seem small or sounds that seem quiet because they are a long way away:
Dogs were barking somewhere in the distance.
distant adjective especially written used about something that is a long distance from where you are now, and looks small or sounds quiet:
By now, the plane was just a distant speck in the sky.
the rumble of distant thunder
faraway adjective especially written a very long distance from where you are now:
a traveller from a faraway land
His voice sounded faraway.
He told us stories about the faraway countries he had visited.
remote adjective a remote place is a long distance from other places, and few people go there:
The helicopter crashed in a remote part of the country.
remote holiday destinations
isolated adjective an isolated place is a long distance from other towns, buildings, or people, and there is very little communication with surrounding places:
isolated rural areas of Nepal
Occasionally we passed through a small isolated village.
If you travel to isolated areas, make sure you have a good guide.
off the beaten track (also off the beaten path American English) adverb a place that is off the beaten track is a long distance from the places where people usually go, and often seems interesting and different because of this:
She likes to go to places that are a bit off the beaten track.

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