remote

Meanings

Adjective

• At a distance; disconnected.
• Distant or otherwise inaccessible.
• Slight.
• Emotionally detached.

Noun

• An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.

Verb

• To connect to a computer from a remote location.

Related

Similar words

• disconnected, hands-free, wireless
• faint
• aloof, dispassionate, distant, removed, withdrawn
• clicker

Opposite words

• attached, connected, contiguous, direct; presential
• considerable, great, reasonable, sure
• companionable, intimate, involved, passionate

Origin

• From Middle English remote, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin remotus, past participle of removere, from re- + movere.