remote

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: remote controldistantoutsideremovedoutback(a)

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance“he lost the remote for his TV”Synonyms: remote control

Adjective (5)

  1. located far away spatially“distant lands”“remote stars”Synonyms: distant
  2. very unlikely“an outside chance”“a remote possibility”“a remote contingency”Synonyms: outside
  3. separate or apart in time“distant events”“the remote past or future”Synonyms: distantremoved
  4. inaccessible and sparsely populated;Synonyms: outback(a)
  5. 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: distant
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Remote \Re*mote"\ (r?-m?t"), a. [Compar. Remoter (-?r); superl. Remotest.] [L. remotus, p. p. of removere to remove. See Remove.]

1.Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands. [1913 Webster]

Places remote enough are in Bohemia.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Remote from men, with God he passed his days.— Parnell.[1913 Webster]

2.Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses. Specifically: (a) Not agreeing; alien; foreign. "All these propositions, how remote soever from reason." --Locke. (b) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity. (c) Separate; abstracted. "Wherever the mind places itself by any thought, either amongst, or remote from, all bodies." --Locke. (d) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant. "From the effect to the remotest cause." --Granville. (e) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance. [1913 Webster]

3.(Bot.) Separated by intervals greater than usual. [1913 Webster] -- Re*mote"ly, adv. -- Re*mote"ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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