Meanings
comparative more remote · comparative remoter · superlative most remote · superlative remotest
- At a distance; disconnected.
remote workers
1 more example
A remote operator may control the vehicle with a wireless handset.
Synonyms: disconnected, hands-free, wireless · Antonyms: attached, connected, contiguous, direct, presential
- especiallySlight.
They have a very remote chance of winning.
2 more examples
There was only a remote possibility that we would be rescued as we were far outside of the regular shipping lanes.
You have a remote resemblance to my grandmother.
Synonyms: distant, faint, small · Antonyms: considerable, great, reasonable, sure
- Emotionally detached.
After her mother's death, my friend grew remote for a time while she dealt with her grief.
Synonyms: aloof, dispassionate, distant, removed, withdrawn, aloof, cool, distant · Antonyms: companionable, intimate, involved, passionate
plural remotes
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of remote control.
I hate it when my uncle comes over to visit; he always sits in the best chair and hogs the remote.
- broadcastingAn element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
- computingA source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
present singular third person remotes · participle present remoting · participle past remoted · past remoted
- computingTo connect to a computer from a remote location.
- to remove (from something or someone)
These requirements are applicable whether you are remoting into a server or locally executing SharePoint cmdlets.
2010, Bill English, Microsoft Sharepoint 2010: Administrator's Companion
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAt a distance; disconnected.
adjectiveDistant or otherwise inaccessible.
adjectiveEmotionally detached.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveinaccessible and sparsely populated
adjectivefar apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
nouna device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinremotus
- Old Frenchremot
- Middle Englishremote
- Englishremote
From Middle English remote, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin remotus, past participle of removere (“to remove”), from re- + movere (“to move”).
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans afgeleë, afgeleë
- afgeleëat a distance
- afgeleëdistant or otherwise unaccessible
Arabic بَعِيد, نَاءٍ
- بَعِيد (baʕīd)at a distance
- نَاءٍ (nāʔin)at a distance
- نَاءٍ (nāʔin)distant or otherwise unaccessible
Bulgarian дале́чен, отдалечен
- дале́чен (daléčen)at a distance
- отдалечен (otdalečen)distant or otherwise unaccessible
- дистанционно (distancionno)remote control
Catalan remot, remot
- remotat a distance
- remotdistant or otherwise unaccessible
Chinese Cantonese 遠 /远
- 遠 /远 (jyun⁵)at a distance
Chinese Mandarin 遠 /远, 遙遠 /遥远
- 遠 /远 (yuǎn)at a distance
- 遙遠 /遥远 (yáoyuǎn)at a distance
- 偏僻的distant or otherwise unaccessible
Czech daleký, vzdálený
- dalekýat a distance
- vzdálenýat a distance
- nepřístupnýdistant or otherwise unaccessible
- vzdálenýdistant or otherwise unaccessible
- dálkový ovladačremote control
Dutch verwijderd, afgelegen
- verwijderdat a distance
- afgelegenat a distance
- van op afstandat a distance
- verafat a distance
Esperanto fora, izolita
- foraat a distance
- izolitadistant or otherwise unaccessible
Finnish etäinen, kaukainen
- etäinenat a distance
- kaukainenat a distance
- etä-at a distance
- kauko-at a distance
- syrjäinendistant or otherwise unaccessible
- etäinendistant or otherwise unaccessible
- kaukosäädinremote control
French distant, loin
- distantat a distance
- loinat a distance
- lointainat a distance
- éloignédistant or otherwise unaccessible
- lointaindistant or otherwise unaccessible
- télécommanderemote control
German fern, entfernt
- fernat a distance
- entferntat a distance
- abgelegenat a distance
- fernbetriebat a distance
- abgelegendistant or otherwise unaccessible
- Fernbedienungremote control
Greek τηλεχειριστήριο
- τηλεχειριστήριο (tilecheiristírio)remote control
Hebrew מרוחק, נִדָּח
- מרוחק (merukhaq)at a distance
- נִדָּח (nidáẖ)distant or otherwise unaccessible
- שַׁלָּט (shalát)remote control
Hindi दूर, दूरस्थ
- दूर (dūr)at a distance
- दूरस्थ (dūrasth)at a distance
- दूरस्थ (dūrasth)distant or otherwise unaccessible
Hungarian távoli
- távoliat a distance
Icelandic afskekktur
- afskekkturat a distance
Indonesian jarak jauh, remote
- jarak jauhat a distance
- remoteat a distance
- pengendali jarak jauhremote control
Irish iargúlta
- iargúltadistant or otherwise unaccessible
Italian remoto, remoto
- remotoat a distance
- remotodistant or otherwise unaccessible
Japanese 遠い, 遠隔な
- 遠い (tōi)at a distance
- 遠隔な (enkaku na)at a distance
- 辺鄙な (henpi na)at a distance
- 遥かな (haruka na)at a distance
Korean 원격, 먼
- 원격 (won'gyeok)at a distance
- 먼 (meon)at a distance
- 외딴 (oettan)at a distance
Latin remōtus, reductus
- remōtusat a distance
- reductusat a distance
- remōtusdistant or otherwise unaccessible
- repositusdistant or otherwise unaccessible
Latvian nomaļš, attāls
- nomaļšdistant or otherwise unaccessible
- attālsdistant or otherwise unaccessible
- tālsdistant or otherwise unaccessible
Malay terpencil
- terpencildistant or otherwise unaccessible
Norwegian fjern, fjernkontroll
- fjernat a distance
- fjernkontrollremote control
Persian دور, دوردست
- دور (dur)at a distance
- دوردست (durdast)at a distance
Polish zdalny, odległy
- zdalnyat a distance
- odległydistant or otherwise unaccessible
- dalekidistant or otherwise unaccessible
- oddalonydistant or otherwise unaccessible
- pilotremote control
Portuguese remoto, longínquo
- remotoat a distance
- longínquoat a distance
- distanteat a distance
- isoladodistant or otherwise unaccessible
- inacessíveldistant or otherwise unaccessible
- controleremote control
- controlo remotoremote control
Romanian depărtat, îndepărtat
- depărtatat a distance
- îndepărtatat a distance
- telecomandăremote control
Russian далёкий, да́льний
- далёкий (daljókij)at a distance
- да́льний (dálʹnij)at a distance
- отдалённый (otdaljónnyj)at a distance
- удалённый (udaljónnyj)at a distance
- ПДТ (PDT)remote control
- пульт (pulʹt)remote control
- дистанцио́нка (distanciónka)remote control
Scottish Gaelic cian, cèin
- cianat a distance
- cèinat a distance
- fad àsat a distance
- fad àsdistant or otherwise unaccessible
- iomallachdistant or otherwise unaccessible
Slovak ďaleký
- ďalekýat a distance
Spanish remoto, remoto
- remotoat a distance
- remotodistant or otherwise unaccessible
- control remotoremote control
- mando a distanciaremote control
- controlremote control
- mandoremote control
Swedish avlägsen, fjärr-
- avlägsenat a distance
- fjärr-at a distance
- avlägsendistant or otherwise unaccessible
- fjärrandistant or otherwise unaccessible
- fjärr-distant or otherwise unaccessible
Turkish uzak, uzaktan kontrol
- uzakat a distance
- uzaktan kontrolat a distance
- ırakat a distance
- ücradistant or otherwise unaccessible
- kumandaremote control
Ukrainian дале́кий, пульт
- дале́кий (dalékyj)at a distance
- пульт (pulʹt)remote control
Urdu دور
- دور (dūr)at a distance
Vietnamese xa, điều khiển từ xa
- xaat a distance
- điều khiển từ xaremote control
- remoteremote control
- rì-mốtremote control
- điều khiểnremote control
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Cite this entry
remote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remote
“remote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remote. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “remote,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remote.
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