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Definition of distant : 1. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; - in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.
2. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.
3. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity.
4. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.
5. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

Synonyms:

out-of-town, opposed, reticent, far-flung, close, uncommunicative, separate, scattered, contradictory, indistinct, standoffish, contrasted, Godforsaken, outside, yon, ulterior, unconnected, unlike, faraway, unapproachable, outback, backwoods, abstracted, far-off, hot, further, attitude, abroad, impertinent, irrelevant, conflicting, diffuse, foreign, strange, aloof, antipodal, transatlantic, chill, separated, outlying, inappropriate, asunder, packed, yonder, deep, chilly, solitary, nonadjacent, offish, indifferent, near, undemonstrative, cold, loosely knit, hostile, cool, upstage, adjacent, away, farther, different, inaccessible, indirect, reserved, afar, out of sight, contrary, withdrawn, time, sparse, extreme

far, beyond, removed, remote

Usage examples:

• While we were walking about the estate, our attention was arrested by distant singing. - "The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus", American Anti-Slavery Society.
• And why are you so cold and distant, Gerty? - "Macleod of Dare", William Black.
• I was listening to a distant voice in the lower part of the hall. - "The Betrayal", E. Phillips Oppenheim.