Remote

/[ɹɪˈmoʊt]/

Synonyms for "remote" (222 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (45)

aloof distant far inaccessible outside removed remote control above all that abstracted abysmal acquisitive alien alone ambitious for self ancient antisocial apart arcane asunder at a distance

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autistic away back backward bashful blank careerist casual chilled chilly clicker cold colorless constrained cool desolate detached devious disconnected

Adjective(4 words)

distant aloof cool disconnected

Noun(2 words)

buttons clicker

Strong matches (66)

Related words (111)

narcissistic negligible neutral numb obscure off offish olympian out-of-the-way out-of-the-world outlandish outlying personalistic poor possessive privatistic quarantined quite another thing recondite repressed

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Adjective(20 words)

offish offsite out of the way outlandish outlying quiet removed reserved small standoffish strange thorny touch-me-not-ish unapproachable unbending undemonstrative unimpressionable uninvolved wireless withdrawn

Adjective(3 words)

outback outside removed

Noun(2 words)

remote control zapper

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

1 entries

device

Antonyms

4 entries

attached close companionable likely

Synonyms

9 entries

abysmal aloof clicker disconnected distant far outside remote control removed

capable of

1 entries

control tv

derived

33 entries

Wiimote georemote nonremote postremote preremote remotable remote access remote control remote desktop remote froglet remote hands remote horn remote keyless entry remote method invocation remote passed pawn remote procedure call

Showing 16 of 33 words.

has context

2 entries

broadcasting computing

related to

8 entries

detach disconnected distance distant emotion inaccessible remove unlikely

similar

9 entries

far faraway inaccessible loosely knit removed ulterior unaccessible unlikely

used for

1 entries

remotely control tv

Translations

149 translations across 51 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

afgeleë adj (at a distance)
afgeleë adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)

Arabic

4 entries

بعاد adj (at a distance)
بعيد adj (at a distance)
بعيدة adj (at a distance)
بَعِيد adj (at a distance)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

iraq adj (at a distance)
ucqar adj (at a distance)
uzaq adj (at a distance)
əlçatmaz adj (at a distance)

Bashkir

2 entries

алыҫ adj (at a distance)
йыраҡ adj (at a distance)

Belarusian

1 entries

далёкі adj (at a distance)

Bulgarian

3 entries

дале́чен adj (at a distance)
отдалечен adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
дистанционно noun (remote control)

Catalan

2 entries

remot adj (at a distance)
remot adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

遠 /远 adj (at a distance)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

偏僻的 adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
遙遠 /遥远 adj (at a distance)
遠 /远 adj (at a distance)

Czech

4 entries

daleký adj (at a distance)
nepřístupný adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
vzdálený adj (at a distance)
vzdálený adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)

Dutch

4 entries

afgelegen adj (at a distance)
van op afstand adj (at a distance)
veraf adj (at a distance)
verwijderd adj (at a distance)

Esperanto

2 entries

fora adj (at a distance)
izolita adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)

Finnish

4 entries

etä adj (at a distance)
etäinen adj (at a distance)
etäinen adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
kaukainen adj (at a distance)

French

4 entries

distant adj (at a distance)
loin adj (at a distance)
éloigné adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
télécommande noun (remote control)

German

4 entries

abgelegen adj (at a distance)
abgelegen adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
entfernt adj (at a distance)
fern adj (at a distance)

Greek

1 entries

τηλεχειριστήριο noun (remote control)

Hebrew

3 entries

מרוחק adj (at a distance)
נִדָּח adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
שַׁלָּט noun (remote control)

Higaonon

1 entries

madiyo adj (at a distance)

Hindi

1 entries

दूर adj (at a distance)

Hungarian

1 entries

távoli adj (at a distance)

Icelandic

1 entries

afskekktur adj (at a distance)

Indonesian

3 entries

jarak jauh adj (at a distance)
remote adj (at a distance)
pengendali jarak jauh noun (remote control)

Ingrian

1 entries

etähäin adj (at a distance)

Irish

1 entries

iargúlta adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)

Italian

2 entries

remoto adj (at a distance)
remoto adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)

Japanese

4 entries

辺鄙な adj (at a distance)
遠い adj (at a distance)
遠隔な adj (at a distance)
遥かな adj (at a distance)

Korean

3 entries

먼 adj (at a distance)
외딴 adj (at a distance)
원격 adj (at a distance)

Latin

4 entries

reductus adj (at a distance)
remōtus adj (at a distance)
remōtus adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
repositus adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)

Latvian

3 entries

attāls adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
nomaļš adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
tāls adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)

Macedonian

1 entries

далечен adj (at a distance)

Malay

1 entries

terpencil adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)

Marathi

1 entries

रिमोट noun (remote control)

Norman

1 entries

êlouongni adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)

Norwegian

2 entries

fjern adj (at a distance)
fjernkontroll noun (remote control)

Persian

2 entries

دور adj (at a distance)
دوردست adj (at a distance)

Polish

4 entries

daleki adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
oddalony adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
odległy adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
zdalny adj (at a distance)

Portuguese

4 entries

distante adj (at a distance)
inacessível adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
isolado adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
longínquo adj (at a distance)

Romanian

3 entries

depărtat adj (at a distance)
îndepărtat adj (at a distance)
telecomandă noun (remote control)

Russian

4 entries

да́льний adj (at a distance)
далёкий adj (at a distance)
отдалённый adj (at a distance)
удалённый adj (at a distance)

Sanskrit

1 entries

दूर adj (at a distance)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

cian adj (at a distance)
cèin adj (at a distance)
fad às adj (at a distance)
fad às adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

dàlek adj (at a distance)
да̀лек adj (at a distance)

Slovak

1 entries

ďaleký adj (at a distance)

Slovene

4 entries

dáleč adj (at a distance)
oddaljen adj (at a distance)
oddaljen adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
odročen adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)

Spanish

4 entries

remoto adj (at a distance)
remoto adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
control noun (remote control)
control remoto noun (remote control)

Swedish

4 entries

avlägsen adj (at a distance)
avlägsen adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)
fjärr adj (at a distance)
fjärr adj (distant or otherwise unaccessible)

Tocharian B

1 entries

akañce adj (at a distance)

Turkish

3 entries

uzak adj (at a distance)
uzaktan kontrol adj (at a distance)
kumanda noun (remote control)

Ukrainian

2 entries

дале́кий adj (at a distance)
пульт noun (remote control)

Urdu

1 entries

دور adj (at a distance)

Vietnamese

4 entries

xa adj (at a distance)
remote noun (remote control)
rì-mốt noun (remote control)
điều khiển noun (remote control)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Living as I do in a remote village, I seldom have visitors.

Source: tatoeba (36298)

Where's the remote control for the TV?

Source: tatoeba (39222)

There is a TV remote control under the couch.

Source: tatoeba (39223)

The power plant supplies the remote district with electricity.

Source: tatoeba (44438)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.