English Explanatory Dictionary

distant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
  2. Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.
  3. Imported into a cable television system from a different market (and thus possibly incurring a copyright royalty).

Pronunciation

/ˈdɪstənt/ en-us-distant.ogg

Word forms

distant more distant most distant distaunt dystant dystaunt

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staēōder. Latin stō Latin distō Latin distānsder. Old French distantbor. Middle English distaunt English distant Inherited from Middle English distaunt, from Old French distant, from Latin distāns.

Synonyms

distant far far-flung far-off faraway outlandish outlying out of the way remote aloof cold cool frosty hankty hard-to-get offish quiet reserved standoffish strange thorny touch-me-not-ish unapproachable unbending undemonstrative unimpressionable uninvolved

Antonyms

near local
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