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Dis´tant
a.1.Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.
One board had two tenons, equally distant.
- Ex. xxxvi. 22.
Diana's temple is not distant far.
- Shak.
2.Far separated; far off; not near; remote; - in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.
The success of these distant enterprises.
- Prescott.
3.Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.
He passed me with a distant bow.
- Goldsmith.
4.Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.
Some distant knowledge.
- Shak.
A distant glimpse.
- W. Irving.
5.Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.
Adj.1.distant - separated in space or time or coming from or going to a distance; "the distant past"; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"
Antonyms:
close - at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships"
2.distant - far apart in relevance or relationship; "a distant cousin"; "a distant likeness"
Antonyms:
close - close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"
3.distant - remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"
Synonyms: aloof, upstage
4.distant - far distant in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"; "a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times"
Synonyms: remote, removed
5.distant - far distant in space; "distant lands"; "remote stars"; "a remote outpost of civilization"; "a hideaway far removed from towns and cities"
Synonyms: remote, removed
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