We can see distant objects with a telescope.
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Distant
//ˈdɪstənt//
Synonyms for "distant" (198 found)
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Related words (99)
nonadjacentnonchalantobliviousobscureoffoffhandoffisholympianotherotherwiseout of townout-of-the-wayoutlyingperfunctoryphlegmaticpianissimopianoproudquite another thingregardless
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remoterepressedreservedrestrainedreticentretiredretiringrigidscarcely heardsecludedseclusivesecretself-containedseparatedsequesteredshrinkingshysightsoftsoft-soundingsoft-voicedsolitarysomething else againstandoffstandoffishstiffstolidstrainedsubaudiblesubduedsuppressedulteriorunaffableunalikeunapproachableunclearuncommunicativeuncompanionableunconcerneduncongenialundemonstrativeunequalunexpansiveunfriendlyungenialuninquiringuninquisitiveuninteresteduninvolvedunlikeunmindfulunsimilarunsociableunsocialvariousweakweak-voicedwhisperedwithdrawnyonder
Adjective(16 words)
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2 entriesRelated terms
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26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
Translations
145 translations across 76 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- afgeleë adj (far off)
Arabic
2 entries- بعيد adj (far off)
- بَعِيد adj (far off)
Armenian
1 entries- հեռավոր adj (far off)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- iraq adj (far off)
- uzaq adj (far off)
Bashkir
2 entries- алыҫ adj (far off)
- йыраҡ adj (far off)
Belarusian
1 entries- далёкі adj (far off)
Bulgarian
4 entries- далечен adj (far off)
- отдалечен adj (far off)
- резервиран adj (emotionally unresponsive)
- хладен adj (emotionally unresponsive)
Burmese
1 entries- ဝေးကွာ adj (far off)
Catalan
3 entries- distant adj (far off)
- distant adj (emotionally unresponsive)
- remot adj (far off)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎢᎾ adj (far off)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 遠 /远 adj (far off)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 遙遠 /遥远 adj (far off)
- 遠 /远 adj (far off)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- avlaq adj (far off)
Czech
2 entries- daleký adj (far off)
- vzdálený adj (far off)
Dalmatian
1 entries- luntun adj (far off)
Danish
1 entries- fjern adj (far off)
Dutch
4 entries- afstandelijk adj (emotionally unresponsive)
- in de verte adj (far off)
- ver adj (far off)
- verafgelegen adj (far off)
Esperanto
2 entries- distanca adj (far off)
- fora adj (far off)
Estonian
1 entries- kauge adj (far off)
Faroese
4 entries- fjarlagdur adj (far off)
- fjarlagin adj (far off)
- fjarstaddur adj (far off)
- fjarur adj (far off)
Finnish
4 entries- etä adj (far off)
- etäinen adj (far off)
- etäinen adj (emotionally unresponsive)
- kaukainen adj (far off)
French
3 entries- distant adj (far off)
- lointain adj (far off)
- éloigné adj (far off)
Galician
4 entries- afastado adj (far off)
- distante adj (far off)
- lonxe adj (far off)
- remoto adj (far off)
Georgian
2 entries- დაშორებული adj (far off)
- შორეული adj (far off)
German
4 entries- abgelegen adj (far off)
- abstehend adj (far off)
- distanziert adj (far off)
- entfernt adj (far off)
Greek
2 entries- απόμακρος adj (emotionally unresponsive)
- μακρινός adj (far off)
Hebrew
1 entries- מרוחק adj (far off)
Hindi
1 entries- दूर adj (far off)
Hungarian
2 entries- távoli adj (far off)
- távolságtartó adj (emotionally unresponsive)
Icelandic
1 entries- fjarlægur adj (far off)
Ido
1 entries- fora adj (far off)
Ingrian
1 entries- etähäin adj (far off)
Irish
1 entries- coimhthíoch adj (emotionally unresponsive)
Italian
2 entries- distante adj (far off)
- remoto adj (far off)
Japanese
3 entries- 辺鄙な adj (far off)
- 遠い adj (far off)
- 遠隔な adj (far off)
Javanese
1 entries- adoh adj (far off)
Korean
2 entries- 먼 adj (far off)
- 원격 adj (far off)
Latin
3 entries- distāns adj (far off)
- longinquus adj (far off)
- remōtus adj (far off)
Latvian
3 entries- attāls adj (far off)
- nomaļš adj (far off)
- tāls adj (far off)
Livonian
1 entries- kougi adj (far off)
Lombard
1 entries- lontan adj (far off)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- daloki adj (far off)
Macedonian
2 entries- далечен adj (far off)
- оддалечен adj (far off)
Malayalam
1 entries- അകന്ന adj (far off)
Marathi
1 entries- दूर adj (far off)
Māori
4 entries- kōkēi adj (far off)
- mamao adj (far off)
- matara adj (far off)
- nawa adj (far off)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- dûr adj (far off)
Occitan
1 entries- distant adj (far off)
Odia
1 entries- ଦୂର adj (far off)
Old Czech
1 entries- daleký adj (far off)
Oromo
1 entries- fagoo adj (far off)
Ossetian
1 entries- дард adj (far off)
Persian
1 entries- دور adj (far off)
Polish
2 entries- daleki adj (far off)
- odległy adj (far off)
Portuguese
1 entries- distante adj (far off)
Romanian
2 entries- departe adj (far off)
- distant adj (far off)
Romansch
1 entries- lontan adj (far off)
Russian
4 entries- да́льний adj (far off)
- далёкий adj (far off)
- отдалённый adj (far off)
- отстранённый adj (emotionally unresponsive)
Sanskrit
1 entries- दूर adj (far off)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- fad às adj (far off)
- iomallach adj (far off)
Slovak
2 entries- vzdialený adj (far off)
- ďaleký adj (far off)
Somali
1 entries- fog adj (far off)
Spanish
4 entries- a distancia adj (far off)
- distante adj (far off)
- distante adj (emotionally unresponsive)
- huraño adj (far off)
Swedish
2 entries- avlägsen adj (far off)
- fjärran adj (far off)
Tajik
1 entries- дур adj (far off)
Tocharian B
1 entries- akañce adj (far off)
Turkish
4 entries- mesafeli adj (emotionally unresponsive)
- soğuk adj (emotionally unresponsive)
- uzak adj (far off)
- uzak adj (emotionally unresponsive)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дале́кий adj (far off)
Urdu
1 entries- دور adj (far off)
Uyghur
1 entries- يىراق adj (far off)
Uzbek
1 entries- yiroq adj (far off)
Venetan
1 entries- lontàn adj (far off)
Vietnamese
1 entries- xa xôi adj (far off)
Welsh
3 entries- anghysbell adj (far off)
- oeraidd adj (emotionally unresponsive)
- pell adj (far off)
Yaghnobi
1 entries- дур adj (far off)
Zazaki
1 entries- dûri (diq) adj (far off)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Distant things look blurred.
Source: tatoeba (25817)
We saw the gleam of a distant lighthouse.
Source: tatoeba (25857)
Watching television changes the role of the fans by making their participation more passive and distant.
Source: tatoeba (39163)
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