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adj. Separate or apart in space.

adj. Far removed; remote: distant lands.

adj. Coming from or going to a distance: a distant sound; a distant telephone call.

adj. Far removed or apart in time: the distant past; distant events.

adj. Far apart in relationship: a distant cousin.

adj. Minimally similar: a distant likeness.

adj. Far removed mentally: distant thoughts.

adj. Aloof or chilly: a distant smile.

adj. far off (physically, logically or mentally)

adj. emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings

adj. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

adj. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection

adj. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty.

adj. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.

adj. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant.

To keep separate; distinguish.

Standing or being apart from a given point or place; situated at a different point in space, or, by extension, in time; separated by a distance: as, a point a line or a hair's-breadth distant from another; Saturn is estimated to be about 880,000,000 miles distant from the sun.

Remote; far off or far apart in space, time, connection, prospect, kind, degree, sound, etc.: as, distant stars; a distant period; distant relatives; a distant hope; a distant resemblance.

Specifically

In entomology: Thinly placed or scattered: as, distant punctures, striæ, spines, etc.: opposed to close, contiguous, etc.

Widely separated, or more separated than usual: opposed to approximate: as, distant eyes (widely separated at the base); distant legs or antennæ.

Separated by an incisure or joint, as the head and thorax of a beetle.

Indirect; not obvious or plain.

Not cordial or familiar; characterized by haughtiness, coldness, or reserve; cool; reserved; shy: as, distant manners.

Synonyms Removed. Cool, cold, haughty, frigid.

adj. located far away spatially

adj. far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship

adj. separate or apart in time

adj. remote in manner

adj. separated in space or coming from or going to a distance

""I hate the phrase distant third," Mr. Fager said."

far    loosely knit    removed    faraway    ulterior    reserved    nonadjacent    extreme    far-flung    yonder   

distance    equidistant   

indirect    faint    separate    slight    asunder    far    remote    apart    indistinct    aloof   

assistant    consistent    existent    inconsistent    insistent    nonexistent    persistent    resistant    self-consistent   

remote    small    dim    silent