distant: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 8 letter points · starts with D · ends with T
Meaning of distant
adj
Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
Example: We heard a distant rumbling but didn't pay any more attention to it. She was surprised to find that her fiancé was a distant relative of hers. His distant look showed that he was not listening to me.
Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.
Example: Ever since our argument, she has been totally distant toward me.
- not-comparable
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Listed forms: distaunt, dystant, dystaunt.
Source: Wiktionary — distant.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for distant.
adjective
far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
adjective
remote in manner
adjective
separate or apart in time
adjective
located far away spatially
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is distant in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of distant
D(2) + I(1) + S(1) + T(1) + A(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of distant
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from distant
78 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in distant. Showing up to 24, longest first.