Remote

Adjective

 * 1) At a distance; disconnected.
 * A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset.
 * 1) Distant or otherwise inaccessible.
 * After his fall from the emperor's favor, the general was posted to a remote outpost.
 * 1) Unlikely.
 * There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes.
 * 1) Emotionally detached.
 * After her mother's death, my friend grew remote for a time while she dealt with her grief.

Synonyms

 * (at a distance): disconnected, hands-free, wireless
 * (distant or otherwise inaccessible): far, hidden, outlying
 * (unlikely): abysmal, faint, improbable, poor
 * (emotionally detached): aloof, dispassionate, distant, removed, withdrawn

Antonyms

 * (at a distance): attached, connected, contiguous, direct
 * (distant or otherwise inaccessible): close, near, proximate
 * (unlikely): likely, probable, reasonable, sure
 * (emotionally detached): companionable, intimate, involved, passionate

Related terms

 * remote control
 * remoteness
 * remove

Noun

 * 1) Short for remote control.
 * I hate it when my uncle comes over to visit; he always sits in the best chair and hogs the remote.
 * 1)  An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.

Synonyms

 * clicker

Adverbs for Remote
coldly; distantly; proudly; shyly; timidly.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From <  remot:, masculine, remote:, feminine <  remotus:, past participle of removere: < re-: + movere:.

Adjective

 * Arabic: بعيد
 * Belarusian: далёкі
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 遠, 远, 遙遠, 遥远
 * Czech: daleký,, nepřístupný
 * Dutch: verwijderd, afgelegen, van op afstand, veraf
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Hebrew: מרוחק
 * Hindi: दूर
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: jarak jauh, remote
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 遠隔, 辺鄙, 遥か


 * Korean: 원격, 먼
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: دور
 * Polish: daleki
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian: далёкий, отдалённый, дальний
 * Scottish Gaelic: cian, cèin,
 * Slovak: ďaleký
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: далекий
 * Urdu: دور
 * Vietnamese: xa


 * Esperanto:
 * Portuguese:, inacessível


 * Scottish Gaelic: ,

Noun

 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:, controlo remoto

Anagrams

 * meteor

Adjective
remote NaN undefineds



Anagrams

 * temerò