Found 3 items, similar to distant.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: distant baid, jauh
English → English (WordNet) Definition: distant distant adj 1: 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” [ant: close] 2: far apart in relevance or relationship; “a distant cousin”; “a distant likeness” [ant: close] 3: remote in manner; “stood apart with aloof dignity”; “a distant smile”; “he was upstage with strangers” [syn: aloof, upstage] 4: far distant in time; “distant events”; “the remote past or future”; “a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times” [syn: remote, removed] 5: far distant in space; “distant lands”; “remote stars”; “a remote outpost of civilization”; “a hideaway far removed from towns and cities” [syn: remote, removed]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Distant Distant \Dis"tant\, a. [F., fr. L. distans, -antis, p. pr. of distare to stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See Stand.] 1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away. [1913 Webster] One board had two tenons, equally distant. --Ex. xxxvi. 22. [1913 Webster] Diana's temple is not distant far. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives. [1913 Webster] The success of these distant enterprises. --Prescott. [1913 Webster] 3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner. [1913 Webster] He passed me with a distant bow. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 4. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance. [1913 Webster] Some distant knowledge. --Shak. [1913 Webster] A distant glimpse. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 5. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity. Syn: Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight; faint; indirect; indistinct. [1913 Webster]