Adjective remote has 5 senses
- distant, remote, removed - far distant in space; "distant lands"; "remote stars"; "a remote outpost of civilization"; "a hideaway far removed from towns and cities"
Antonyms: near, close (indirect, via far)
- outside, remote - very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency"
Antonym: likely (indirect, via unlikely)
- distant, remote, removed - far distant in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"; "a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times"
Antonyms: near, close (indirect, via far)
- backwoods, outback, remote - inaccessible and sparsely populated
Antonym: accessible (indirect, via inaccessible)
- remote, removed - far apart in nature; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
Antonym: close (indirect, via distant)
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Noun remote has 1 sense
- remote control, remote - a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV"
--1 is a kind of device
--1 is a part of remote-control bomb
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