REMOTENESS Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

remoteness

noun

Definition of remoteness

as in distance

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distance

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as in absence

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Recent Examples of remoteness The remoteness of the location and the weather conditions meant rescuing the pair was extremely challenging, so Chelan County Mountain Rescue was contacted to carry out a ground rescue, the outlet reported. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 In a world where so much feels accessible, true remoteness has become rare. — Hana Al-Khodairi, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026 The island in Lake Superior is the fifth-largest lake island in the world and is known for its remoteness and rugged terrain. — Susan Bromley, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026 Death Valley is an extraordinary place, but its heat, distances, and remoteness can be dangerous, regardless of experience. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026 Eriro Ehrwalder Alm, Austria Eriro is an outlier, a luxury lair that emphasizes privacy, quiet, and remoteness. — Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 It’s known for its remoteness, with rugged islands, incredible marine life, and, yes, its legendary Komodo dragons—the planet’s largest predatory lizards that are often compared to dinosaurs. — Annie Daly, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026 Its remoteness means less competition with other snorkelers, but also a longer excursion and less-predictable conditions. — Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026 Contact tracing remains an issue due to the area’s remoteness and ongoing insecurity in Ituri province, Mankoula said. — Wilson McMakin, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for remoteness

Noun

If Lula wins, Brazil will keep its distance from Washington and continue to deepen its relationship with China.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
The officer moved a safe distance away and ordered Cruz Linares to drop the knife.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of distance

Noun

One of Lichtenstein’s takes on Monet in this show features the cathedral buried beneath a matrix of black dots set atop a deep blue background, in what may count as an allusion to Ad Reinhardt’s blue-on-blue abstractions of the ’50s.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
The other songs play out at a higher level of abstraction and metaphor.

— Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of abstraction

Noun

With more widespread use, however, a rare, life-threatening side effect known as agranulocytosis (a severe reduction in white blood cells) emerged, prompting clozapine’s withdrawal from the market.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
To some, the attack fulfilled long-term right-wing warnings that Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza would yield disaster; and the attack was incontrovertible proof that Palestinians will never live in peace with Israel.

— Dahlia Scheindlin, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of withdrawal

Noun

Have hypoglycemia unawareness – an absence of warning signs for high blood sugar.

— Reed Berger-Fleishman, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2026
Black enrollees reported the highest rate of unawareness of work requirements at 62%, compared to 56% among White enrollees and 54% among Hispanic enrollees.

— Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026

Definition of unawareness

Noun

Even as the actors shouted in counterfeit pain from the next room, the subjects continued to administer increasingly intense shocks they’d been told could lead to unconsciousness or even death.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Critical to healthy brain functioning is a dreaming state of unconsciousness called Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep.

— Mike McRae September 17, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of unconsciousness

Noun

Those complications included nail detachment (also known as onycholysis, which is when the nail separates from the nail bed, per the Cleveland Clinic) which impacted 39% of GLP-1 users and 9% of controls.

— Korin Miller, Allure, 2 Oct. 2026
For him, the camera was never an excuse for detachment from human suffering.

— Simon Ellery, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of detachment

Noun

Also missing is any clear acknowledgment of Singer’s fear for the horrors in store for Antonapoulos, and the dramatic irony created by Antonapoulos’ own seeming obliviousness to how his life is being upended.

— Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
Feel-good party music is usually rooted in escapism, or simple obliviousness, while socially conscious art tends toward the bleak, especially these days.

— Will Lynch, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026

Definition of obliviousness

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