1. (superl.) Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.

2. (superl.) Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses.

3. (superl.) Not agreeing; alien; foreign.

4. (superl.) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity.

5. (superl.) Separate; abstracted.

6. (superl.) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant.

7. (superl.) Not obvious or striking; as, a remote resemblance.

8. (superl.) Separated by intervals greater than usual.