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The Meaning of remote

  • (superl.) Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.
  • (superl.) Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses.
  • (superl.) Not agreeing; alien; foreign.
  • (superl.) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity.
  • (superl.) Separate; abstracted.
  • (superl.) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant.
  • (superl.) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance.
  • (superl.) Separated by intervals greater than usual.

Synonyms

remote control , distant , outside , distant , removed , outback , distant

Antonyms

close

Rhymes

afloat , anecdote , antidote , asymptote , bacote , banknote , banxquote , bloat , boat , capote , chipote , choat , choate , coat , connote , cote , creosote , cutthroat , demote , denote , devote , dote , ferryboat , flatboat , float , footnote , gloat , goat , groat , grote , gunboat , haute , hinote , houseboat , keynote , kote , lifeboat , misquote , moat , mote , motorboat , note , oat , outvote , overcoat , petticoat , pote , powerboat , promote , quote , raincoat , redcoat , rewrote , roat , rote , rowboat , sailboat , scapegoat , shoat , shote , showboat , sloate , smote , speedboat , sproat , steamboat , stoat , terre-haute , throat , tote , towboat , tugboat , turncoat , uncoat , undercoat , underwrote , unquote , vogt , vote , wrote