distant

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

separated in space or coming from or going to a distance“distant villages”“the sound of distant traffic”“a distant sound”“a distant telephone call”
far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship“a distant cousin”“a remote relative”“a distant likeness”“considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics”Synonyms: remote
remote in manner“stood apart with aloof dignity”“a distant smile”“he was upstage with strangers”Synonyms: aloof upstage
separate or apart in time“distant events”“the remote past or future”Synonyms: remote removed
located far away spatially“distant lands”“remote stars”Synonyms: remote

Distant \Dis"tant\, a. [F., fr. L. distans, -antis, p. pr. of distare to stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See Stand.]

1.Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. [1913 Webster]

One board had two tenons, equally distant.— Ex. xxxvi. 22.[1913 Webster]

Diana's temple is not distant far.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives. [1913 Webster]

The success of these distant enterprises.— Prescott.[1913 Webster]

3.Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner. [1913 Webster]

He passed me with a distant bow.— Goldsmith.[1913 Webster]

4.Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance. [1913 Webster]

Some distant knowledge.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

A distant glimpse.— W. Irving.[1913 Webster]

5.Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.

Syn: Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight; faint; indirect; indistinct. [1913 Webster]