“distant villages”
“the sound of distant traffic”
“a distant sound”
“a distant telephone call”
- Synonyms
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far
located at a great distance in time or space or degree
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deep
very distant in time or space
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extreme
most distant in any direction
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far-flung
remote
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long-distance
covering a long distance
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nonadjacent
not adjacent; not next
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out-of-town
happening in or being of another town or city
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yon, yonder
distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
- Antonyms:
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close
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
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adjacent, next, side by side
nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
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ambient
completely enveloping
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adpressed, appressed
pressed close to or lying flat against something
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approximate, close together
located close together
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at hand, close at hand, imminent, impendent, impending
close in time; about to occur
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at hand, close at hand
close in space; within reach
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close-hauled
having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible
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close set, close-set
set close together
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contiguous, immediate
very close or connected in space or time
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circumferent, encompassing, surrounding
closely encircling
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enveloping
surrounding and closing in on or hemming in
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hand-to-hand
being at close quarters
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juxtaposed
placed side by side often for comparison
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nestled, snuggled
drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection
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proximate
very close in space or time
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scalelike
reduced to a small appressed thing that resembles a scale
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walk-to, walking
close enough to be walked to
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