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Showing words for DISTANT using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Distant

distant

6 Letter Words for Distant

astint, idants, standi, statin, taints, tanist, titans

5 Letter Words for Distant

adits, antis, attid, daint, dants, dasnt, dints, disna, distn, ditas, ditts, idant, isnad, nitta, nsaid, saint, sanit, satin, sitta, staid, stain, stand, stint, tains, taint, taits, tanti, tatin, tinds, tinta, tints, titan, tsadi

4 Letter Words for Distant

adit, aids, ains, aint, aits, ands, anis, ansi, anti, ants, asin, atis, attn, dain, dais, dans, dant, dasi, dast, dian, dias, dins, dint, disa, dist, dita, dits, ditt, inst, inta, isdn, isnt, itas, naid, nais, nasi, nast, nats, nids, nist, nits, sadi, said, sain, sand, sant, satd, sati, sian, sida, sina, sind, sita, snit, stad, stat, stid, tads, tain, tais, tait, tans, tats, tids, tind, tins, tint, tits, tsia

3 Letter Words for Distant

ads, aid, ain, ais, ait, and, ans, ant, ast, att, dan, das, dat, dia, din, dis, dit, dna, ida, ids, ind, ins, int, isn, ist, ita, itd, its, nad, nas, nat, nid, nis, nit, sad, sai, san, sat, sin, sit, sta, std, tad, tai, tan, tas, tat, tdt, tid, tin, tis, tit, tnt, tsi, tst

Definitions for Distant

[1] far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from ): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
[2] apart or far off in time: distant centuries past.
[3] remote or far apart in any respect: a distant relative.
[4] reserved or aloof; not familiar or cordial: a distant greeting.
[5] arriving from or going to a distance, as a communication, journey, etc.: I have here a distant letter from Japan.
[6] far away or apart in space or time
[7] (postpositive) separated in space or time by a specified distance
[8] apart in relevance, association, or relationship a distant cousin
[9] coming from or going to a faraway place a distant journey
[10] remote in manner; aloof
[11] abstracted; absent a distant look

Words related to Distant

secluded, far-flung, remote, far, inaccessible, isolated, far-off, obscure, removed, cold, arrogant, abroad, abstracted, apart, asunder, away, backwoods, farther, further, indirect

Words nearby Distant

distance medley, distance modulus, distance race, distance runner, distance university, distant, distant early warning, distant flap, distaste, distasteful, distelfink

Origin of Distant

1350–1400; Middle English dista(u)nt (< Anglo-French ) < Latin distant- (stem of distāns, present participle of distāre to stand apart), equivalent to di- di-2 + stā- stand + -nt- present participle suffix

Other words from Distant

dis·tant·ly , adverb
dis·tant·ness , noun
o·ver·dis·tant , adjective
o·ver·dis·tant·ly , adverb
qua·si-dis·tant , adjective
qua·si-dis·tant·ly , adverb
ul·tra·dis·tant , adjective
un·dis·tant , adjective
un·dis·tant·ly , adverb

Word origin for Distant

C14: from Latin distāre to be distant, from dis- 1 + stāre to stand

Synonyms for Distant

far, far-flung, far-off, inaccessible, isolated, obscure, remote, removed, secluded, a piece, abroad, abstracted, apart, arm's length, asunder, away, backwoods, beyond range, far back, farther, further, in the background, in the boonies, in the distance, in the sticks, indirect, middle of nowhere, not home, out of earshot, out of range, out of reach, out-of-the-way, outlying, retired, secret, separate, sequestered, telescopic, unapproachable, ways, wide of, yonder