Distant and Passing

Distant

Distant adjective - Not close in time or space.

Passing and distant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Passing" instead an adjective "Distant".

Nearby Words: distance, distantly

Passing

Passing adjective - Lasting only for a short time.

Distant and passing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distant" instead an adjective "Passing".

Nearby Words: pass, passage, passed, passable, passingly

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Wrestling / Chick Busters Sanity Slippage: AJ's sanity became a more distant memory with each passing week after Daniel Bryan dumped her.
  • Wrestling / AJ Lee Sanity Slippage: AJ's sanity started becoming a more distant memory with each passing week after getting dumped by Daniel Bryan in 2012.
  • Writer on Board Dragonlance still had Lawful Good characters own slaves in the distant backstory, but this is mentioned only in passing, and is implied to be an example of the hypocrisy of the times.
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Passing and Distant. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/distant/passing
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Passing or Distant. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/distant/passing.
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