remoter

Further away still

Remoter is the comparative form of remote, meaning more distant or isolated: The remoter villages had no electricity.

While "more remote" is common, remoter appears in careful writing, especially British English: Each step took us to remoter corners of the wilderness.

distance

faraway

At great distance

inaccessible · far-flung · isolated · wilderness · unreachable · backcountry · hinterland · outback · frontier · periphery

access

inaccessible

Cannot be reached

unconnected · roadless · trailless · pathless · impassable · uncharted · unexplored · untraveled · godforsaken · out-of-the-way

likelihood

unlikely

Not apt to happen

faint · slight · distant · outside · far-fetched · negligible · marginal · tenuous · diminished · lessened

Opposites
physical distance

remoternearer

More proximate

closer · near · close · proximate · adjacent

Phrases
Family

remote, remotely, remotes, remoteness, remotest, remote control, remote sensing, remote location, remote access

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G