distant B1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /ˈdɪstənt/ See IPA manual Freq #3091 Meanings 1 adj Far away in space. They dreamed of travelling to distant lands. 2 adj Far away in time. In the distant past, this valley was covered by ice. 3 adj Related to you in a way that is not close. She turned out to be a distant cousin of mine. 4 adj Cold and unfriendly; not showing warm feelings. Ever since our argument, she has been distant toward me. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · far away in space. remotefaraway 2 adj · far away in time. remote 3 adj · related to you in a way... remote 4 adj · cold and unfriendly; not... aloofcoldreservedstandoffish More farfar-flungfar-offoutlandishoutlying ↔ Opposites near Word family Forms distantly Derived forms distantlydistantnessequidistantnondistantoverdistantsubdistantultradistantundistant Related forms distaldistancedisto- Common collocations distant cousin Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Inherited from Middle English distaunt, from Old French distant, from Latin distāns. *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European distaunt Middle English distant Old French distāns Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction Weather & Climate External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # distant **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈdɪstənt/ **Frequency rank:** 3091 ## Meanings 1. Far away in space. 2. Far away in time. 3. Related to you in a way that is not close. 4. Cold and unfriendly; not showing warm feelings. ## Examples - They dreamed of travelling to distant lands. - In the distant past, this valley was covered by ice. - She turned out to be a distant cousin of mine. - Ever since our argument, she has been distant toward me. ## Synonyms - far - far-flung - far-off - faraway - outlandish - outlying - remote ## Antonyms - near ## Derived Forms - distantly - distantness - equidistant - nondistant - overdistant - subdistant - ultradistant - undistant ## Related Forms - distal - distance - disto- ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *steh₂- - Root: distaunt - Root: distant - Root: distāns ## Etymology Inherited from Middle English distaunt, from Old French distant, from Latin distāns. ## AI Etymology Distant is inherited from Middle English distaunt, from Old French distant, from Latin distāns. In current use, the main senses are “Far away in space” and “Far away in time”. Its deeper ancestry includes Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction - Weather & Climate markdown