distant
                        
                            - adjective (adj)
                        
                        
                            
                    
                Meaning: faraway
    Synonyms: 
                        
            
                abroad
            
            
                                
            
                abstracted
            
            
                                
            
                apart
            
            
                                a piece
                                arm’s length
                                
            
                asunder
            
            
                                
            
                away
            
            
                                
            
                backwoods
            
            
                                beyond range
                                
            
                far
            
            
                                far back
                                farflung
                                far-off
                                
            
                farther
            
            
                                
            
                further
            
            
                                
            
                inaccessible
            
            
                                
            
                indirect
            
            
                                in the background
                                in the boonies
                                in the distance
                                in the sticks
                                
            
                isolated
            
            
                                middle of nowhere
                                not home
                                
            
                obscure
            
            
                                
            
                outlying
            
            
                                out of earshot
                                out of range
                                out of reach
                                out-of-the-way
                                
            
                remote
            
            
                                removed
                                retired
                                
            
                secluded
            
            
                                
            
                secret
            
            
                                
            
                separate
            
            
                                sequestered
                                telescopic
                                
            
                unapproachable
            
            
                                ways
                                wide of
                                
            
                yonder
            
            
            
                                                                                        
                                                                                    
                        
                            - adjective (adj)
                        
                        
                            
                    
                Meaning: aloof
    Synonyms: 
                        
            
                arrogant
            
            
                                
            
                ceremonious
            
            
                                
            
                cold
            
            
                                
            
                cool
            
            
                                
            
                formal
            
            
                                
            
                haughty
            
            
                                insociable
                                laid back
                                
            
                modest
            
            
                                offish
                                on ice
                                
            
                proud
            
            
                                put on airs
                                
            
                remote
            
            
                                
            
                reserved
            
            
                                
            
                restrained
            
            
                                
            
                reticent
            
            
                                
            
                retiring
            
            
                                
            
                shy
            
            
                                
            
                solitary
            
            
                                
            
                standoff
            
            
                                
            
                standoffish
            
            
                                
            
                stiff
            
            
                                
            
                stuck-up
            
            
                                
            
                unapproachable
            
            
                                uncompanionable
                                
            
                unconcerned
            
            
                                
            
                unfriendly
            
            
                                
            
                unsociable
            
            
                                
            
                uppity
            
            
                                
            
                withdrawn
            
            
            
                                                                                        
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