Open English Wordnet
Adjectives
(a)distantseparated in space or coming from or going to a distance“distant villages”,
“the sound of distant traffic”,
“a distant sound”,
“a distant telephone call” (a)distant, remotefar apart in relevance or relationship or kinship“a distant cousin”,
“a remote relative”,
“a distant likeness”,
“considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics” (s)aloof, distant, upstageremote in manner“stood apart with aloof dignity”,
“a distant smile”,
“he was upstage with strangers” (s)distant, remotelocated far away spatially“distant lands”,
“remote stars”