distant (adj.)
- aloof
- apart
- apathetic
- arrogant
- asunder
- away
- backward
- bashful
- blank
- bored
- careless
- ceremonious
- chilly
- cold
- constrained
- cool
- decrescendo
- detached
- dim
- discreet
- disinterested
- disparate
- dissimilar
- distal
- divergent
- diverse
- exclusive
- exotic
- expressionless
- faint
- far
- far-flung
- far-off
- faraway
- farfetched
- feeble
- forbidding
- forced
- formal
- frigid
- frosty
- gentle
- guarded
- haughty
- heedless
- icy
- impassive
- impersonal
- improbable
- inaccessible
- incurious
- indifferent
- indistinct
- insouciant
- introverted
- isolated
- listless
- long-distance
- long-range
- low
- mindless
- modest
- obscure
- off
- offish
- out-of-the-way
- outlying
- phlegmatic
- pianissimo
- piano
- proud
- regardless
- remote
- removed
- repressed
- reserved
- restrained
- reticent
- retired
- retiring
- rigid
- secluded
- secret
- separated
- sequestered
- shrinking
- shy
- soft
- solitary
- standoffish
- stiff
- stolid
- strained
- subdued
- suppressed
- unalike
- unapproachable
- unclear
- unconcerned
- uncongenial
- undemonstrative
- unequal
- unexpansive
- unfriendly
- uninquiring
- uninterested
- uninvolved
- unlike
- unmindful
- various
- weak
- whispered
- withdrawn
As distant prospects please us, but when near
We find but desert rocks and fleeting air.
Ye distant spires, ye antique towers.
The distant Trojans never injur'd me.
We 're charm'd with distant views of happiness,
But near approaches make the prospect less.
