REMOTENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner

Synonyms:

aloofness; remoteness; standoffishness; withdrawnness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("remoteness" is a kind of...):

unsociability; unsociableness (an unsociable disposition; avoiding friendship or companionship)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remoteness"):

unapproachability (a disposition to be unapproachable; unfriendly and inaccessible)

Meaning:

The property of being remote

Synonyms:

farawayness; farness; remoteness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("remoteness" is a kind of...):

distance (the property created by the space between two objects or points)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remoteness"):

far cry (distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry)

Derivation:

remote (inaccessible and sparsely populated)

remote (located far away spatially)

remote (separate or apart in time)

remote (very unlikely)