REMOTENESS Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

remoteness

noun

Definition of remoteness

as in distance

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as in absence

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Recent Examples of remoteness What made this journey particularly special was not only the scale and remoteness of the destinations but also the careful choreography required to connect them seamlessly. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026 Unraveling the Tunguska Event mystery Remarkably, scientists wouldn't get a firsthand look at the destruction caused by the Tunguska blast for almost two decades, due primarily to the extreme remoteness of the blast location. — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The remoteness of these tracks keeps them well protected; wildlife like bobcats, bald eagles and rattlesnakes live here mostly undisturbed by humans. — Kristen Kidd, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2026 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for remoteness

Noun

Third downs against the Rebels were tough sledding; the Tigers’ average third-down distance was from 8 yards out.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026
More than half a million children cannot attend school in Sierra Leone due to costs, food insecurity and long, unsafe distances to school, Garland learned.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of distance

Noun

The absence of an endorsement was a setback for the Likud politician, who had billed his tight ties to the Republican president as a selling point for staying in power.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
But in the absence of any federal rules, cities and states have been flexing their authority in an effort to bring order to some of the chaos.

— Andrew Hawkins, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of absence

Noun

Preliterate people don’t focus on such abstractions as taking a periodic population census and recording it for posterity.

— James Coffin, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of abstraction

Noun

The second withdrawal of assistance that appeared to beset Ukraine Wednesday also suggests Trump is squeezing them harder.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
On forfeits, the WIAA argued that its rules allowing additional penalties for certain withdrawals apply to postseason competition and that any such penalty is discretionary.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 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

His household becomes a microcosm of a broader societal moral decay, fuelled by detachment, indifference, corruption, complacency and the pursuit of comfort.

— Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Researchers found that these processes are also accelerating the glacier’s detachment from stabilizing ridges, leading to more rapid ice flow and deterioration.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of detachment

Noun

Nacer is quite good at variations of patriarchal obliviousness, and Pebdani suffuses her women with streaks of guilt.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of obliviousness

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