Antonyms for remotest


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ri-moht
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈmoʊt


Definition of remotest

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Middle French remot or directly from Latin remotus "afar off, remote, distant in place," past participle of removere "move back or away" (see remove (v.)). Related: Remotely; remoteness. Remote control "fact of controlling from a distance" is recorded from 1904; as a device which allows this from 1920.
  • adj out-of-the-way; in the distance
  • adj irrelevant, unrelated
  • adj unlikely, improbable
  • adj cold, detached; unapproachable
Example sentences :
  • Within a few minutes, it was heard in the remotest room in the College.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • "I haven't the remotest idea," said Davenport, as if vastly bored.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
  • "I haven't the remotest idea, Tony," Jan replied, with the utmost sincerity.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • I laughed, for I thought what he hinted at to be of the remotest likelihood.
  • Extract from : « Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti » by T. Hall Caine
  • "Naturally, I haven't the remotest notion," replied his father.
  • Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith
  • And who should warrant us that the Red-coats should not pursue us to remotest fastnesses?
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 » by Various
  • I did not know enough of her brother for the remotest guess at what he might be like.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • How he "stood" in Abel Kraus's books he had not the remotest idea.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • This time Dalgleish of Raxmathrapple had not the remotest chance.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 » by Various
  • As to where I went for the next few hours I never had the remotest idea.
  • Extract from : « In Direst Peril » by David Christie Murray

Synonyms for remotest

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