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Adjective distant has 5 senses
- distant - separated in space or time or coming from or going to a distance; "the distant past"; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"
Antonyms: close, adjacent, next, side by side, ambient, appressed, adpressed, approximate, close together, imminent, impending, at hand, close at hand, close-hauled, close-set, close set, contiguous, immediate, encompassing, surrounding, enveloping, hand-to-hand, juxtaposed, proximate, walk-to, walking, nestled, snuggled, scalelike
- distant - far apart in relevance or relationship; "a distant cousin"; "a distant likeness"
Antonyms: close, approximate, boon, chummy, buddy-buddy, thick, close-knit, closely knit, confidential, cozy, dear, good, near, familiar, intimate
- aloof, distant, upstage - remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"
Antonym: unreserved (indirect, via reserved)
- distant, remote, removed - far distant in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"; "a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times"
Antonyms: near, close (indirect, via far)
- distant, remote, removed - far distant in space; "distant lands"; "remote stars"; "a remote outpost of civilization"; "a hideaway far removed from towns and cities"
Antonyms: near, close (indirect, via far)
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