Distant

Quick meaning: Distant is an adjective meaning Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

Meaning

Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

More Meanings

1. Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.
2. (television, not comparable) Imported into a cable television system from a different market (and thus possibly incurring a copyright royalty).

Example Sentences

Ever since our argument, she has been totally distant toward me.

Finally, there will be those unusual situations where a signal is distant to part of a CATV system and local to the rest of it.

Any determination that a particular television signal is "distant" must, of course, be made with respect to its proximity to a specific local area, which we have termed the CATV community, […]

We heard a distant rumbling but didn't pay any more attention to it. She was surprised to find that her fiancé was a distant relative of hers. His distant look showed that he was not listening to me.

Word Forms

• distaunt

Synonyms for distant

Depending on context, synonyms include far, far-flung, far-off, outlandish, outlying, out of the way.

Antonyms for distant

Common opposites include near, local, close.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include far, far-flung, remote, aloof, extreme, away.

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