different between antisocial vs distant

English

Alternative forms

• anti-social

Etymology

From anti- +? social.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ænti?so???l/, /?ænta??so???l/
• Rhymes: -????l

Adjective

antisocial (comparative more antisocial, superlative most antisocial)

1. Unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people
2. Antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing
3. Opposed to social order or the principles of society; hostile toward society

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

antisocial (plural antisocials)

1. An antisocial individual.

French

Etymology

anti- +? social

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ti.s?.sjal/
• Homophones: antisociale, antisociales

Adjective

antisocial (feminine singular antisociale, masculine plural antisociaux, feminine plural antisociales)

1. antisocial

Descendants

• Russian: ?????????????????? (àntiobš?éstvennyj) (calque)

Further reading

• “antisocial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French antisocial

Adjective

antisocial m or n (feminine singular antisocial?, masculine plural antisociali, feminine and neuter plural antisociale)

1. antisocial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

anti- +? social

Adjective

antisocial (plural antisociales)

1. antisocial

Further reading

• “antisocial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• distaunt (obsolete)
• dystant (obsolete)
• dystaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin distans, present participle of distare (“to stand apart, be separate, distant, or different”), from di-, dis- (“apart”) + stare (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?st?nt/

Adjective

distant (comparative more distant, superlative most distant)

1. Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

2. Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.

Synonyms

• (far off): faraway; see also Thesaurus:distant
• (emotionally unresponsive): aloof, cold

Related terms

• distance
• equidistant

Translations

Further reading

• distant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• distant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• distant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Dantist

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dist?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /dis?tant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /dis?tan/

Adjective

distant (masculine and feminine plural distants)

1. distant

   Synonyms: llunyà, remot

   Antonyms: pròxim, proper

Related terms

• distància
• distar

Further reading

• “distant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “distant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “distant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “distant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Adjective

distant (feminine singular distante, masculine plural distants, feminine plural distantes)

1. distant
2. aloof

Descendants

• ? Romanian: distant

Further reading

• “distant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

distant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of dist?

Romanian

Etymology

From French distant.

Adjective

distant m or n (feminine singular distant?, masculine plural distan?i, feminine and neuter plural distante)

1. distant, remote

Declension

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin dist?ns, present participle of dist?, dist?re (“stand apart, be distant”).

Adjective

distant m (feminine singular distanta, masculine plural distants, feminine plural distantas)

1. (Puter) distant, remote, faraway

Synonyms

• luntaun