1. (superl.) Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.

2. (superl.) Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses.

3. (superl.) Not agreeing; alien; foreign.

4. (superl.) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity.

5. (superl.) Separate; abstracted.

6. (superl.) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant.

7. (superl.) Not obvious or striking; as, a remote resemblance.

8. (superl.) Separated by intervals greater than usual.

Olympian above all that abstracted acquisitive alien aloof ambitious for self ancient apart arcane asunder at a distance autistic away back backward bashful blank careerist casual chilled chilly cold constrained cool detached devious discreet disinterested distal distant early egotistical exclusive exotic expressionless faint far far off far-flung far-off faraway farfetched fat foggy forbidding forced frigid frontier frosty grasping greedy guarded icy impassive impersonal implausible improbable in a backwater inaccessible inappropriate inconsiderable incurious indifferent individualistic insignificant insular introverted irrelevant isolated lonely lonesome long-distance long-range modest narcissistic negligible obscure off offish out-of-the-way out-of-the-world outlandish outlying outside personalistic poor possessive privatistic quarantined quite another thing recondite removed repressed reserved restrained reticent retired retiring secluded seclusive secret segregated self-absorbed self-admiring self-advancing self-besot self-centered self-considerative self-contained self-devoted self-esteeming self-indulgent self-interested self-jealous self-occupied self-pleasing self-seeking self-serving self-sufficient selfish separate separated sequestered shrinking shut off slender slight slim small something else again standoff standoffish strained subdued subtle suppressed tramontane ultramontane unaffable unapproachable unconcerned uncongenial unconnected undemonstrative unexpansive unfamiliar unfrequented ungenial uninterested unlikely unrelated unsettled unusual unvisited withdrawn


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