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