Distant
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Distant adjective – Not close in time or space. Usage example: the distant towers were barely visible in the fog
Nearby is an antonym for distant in topics: far-off, faraway, aloof, nearest.
Nearby Words: distance, distantly
Antonyms for Distant
Nearby
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Nearby adjective – Not being distant in time, space, or significance. Usage example: grabbed the nearby quilt and gently laid it over the sleeping child
Distant is an antonym for nearby.
Nearby Words: near, nearness
Antonyms for Nearby
Things that words describes
| man | distant man | nearby man |
| mountain | distant mountain | nearby mountain |
| system | distant system | nearby system |
| station | distant station | nearby station |
| Other nouns: object, kingdom, sun, explosion, planet, town, city, objects, island, enemies, foes, systems, stars, planets, cities, targets. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Weird Moon: An enormous full moon looms over the dump and the nearby Bucket residence...with the distant but similarly gigantic Wonka Factory in silhouette before it.
- When an observer is in motion, from side to side or vertically, distant objects will seem to move much slower than nearby objects.
Source: Motion Parallax -
In "Living Witness", a copy of the Doctor is activated in the distant future by an alien society that had a conflict with Voyager as it passed nearby ages earlier.
Source: Future Imperfect
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Nearby and Distant. (2016). Retrieved 2021, January 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/distant/nearby
Distant & Nearby. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jan. 2021. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/distant/nearby>.
Nearby or Distant. 2016. Accessed January 22, 2021. https://thesaurus.plus/related/distant/nearby.
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