remote

a. நெடுந்தொலைவில் உள்ள, மிகச் சேய்மையான இடத்திலுள்ள, நெடுங்காலதர்திற்கு முந்திய, நெருங்கிய உறவல்லாத, பெரிதும் வேறுபட்ட, இயல்பிலேயே வேறான, நீளிடை விலகிய, தொலைக்காடியான, ஒதுக்கமாயுள்ள, மிகச்சிறிய, நொய்ய.

Synonyms

distant indirect unconnected unrelated foreign alien heterogeneous separate contingent

Antonyms

near close direct connected related homogeneous immediate proximate essential present pressing urgent actual

Re*mote" (r-mt"), a. [Compar. Remoter (-r); superl. Remotest.] Etym: [L. remotus, p. p. of removere to remove. See Remove.] 1. Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands. Places remote enough are in Bohemia. Shak. Remote from men, with God he passed his days. Parnell. 2. Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses. Specifically: (a) Not agreeing; alien; foreign. "All these propositions, how remote soever from reason." Locke. (b) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity. (c) Separate; abstracted. "Wherever the mind places itself by any thought, either amongst, or remote from, all bodies." Locke. (d) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant. "From the effect to the remotest cause." Granville. (e) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance. 3. (Bot.) Defn: Separated by intervals greater than usual. -- Re*mote"ly, adv. -- Re*mote"ness, n.

remote - Similar Words

remorate remove gemote demote tremolite terremote rote rete reme preremote