Noun | 1. | ![]() device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" remote-control bomb - a bomb that can be detonated by remote control |
Adj. | 1. | remote - located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote stars" far - located at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future" |
2. | remote - very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency" unlikely - has little chance of being the case or coming about; "an unlikely story"; "an unlikely candidate for reelection"; "a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism" | |
3. | remote - separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future" far - located at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future" | |
4. | remote - inaccessible and sparsely populated; inaccessible, unaccessible - capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all | |
5. | 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" |