The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - distant adj.

1) far, far-off, remote, far-away, long-way-off; removed: The creature said he had come from a distant star. 2) away, off: The ship is ten miles distant. 3) aloof, detached, reserved, cool, cold, haughty, standoffish, unapproachable, inaccessible, withdrawn, reticent, ceremonious, formal, stiff, rigid, frigid, unfriendly: You find him warm, but I think him very distant.