Overview of noun remote

The noun remote has 1 sense

• remote control, remote -- (a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV")

Overview of adj remote

The adj remote has 5 senses

• distant, remote -- (located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote stars")


• outside, remote -- (very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency")


• distant, remote, removed -- (separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future")


• outback, remote -- (inaccessible and sparsely populated;)


• distant, remote -- (far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship ; "a distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness"; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics")