1. Separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
   "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"
    
2. Located far away spatially
   "distant lands";
   - remote
    
3. Separate or apart in time
   "distant events";
   - remote, removed
    
4. Far apart in relevance, relationship or kinship
   "a distant cousin";
   - remote
    
5. Emotionally or socially detached, reserved, or unfriendly
   "a distant smile";
   - aloof, upstage [archaic], remote

See also: deep, distance, extreme, far, faraway, far-flung, long-distance, loosely knit, nonadjacent, out-of-town, removed, reserved, ulterior, yon [literary], yonder [literary]

Antonym: close

Encyclopedia: Distant, Pennsylvania