1. remote, remote control

a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance

Example Sentences:
'he lost the remote for his TV'

• remote control

2. distant, remote

located far away spatially

Example Sentences:
'distant lands'
'remote stars'

• distant

3. outside, remote

very unlikely

Example Sentences:
'an outside chance'
'a remote possibility'
'a remote contingency'

• outside

4. distant, remote, removed

separate or apart in time

Example Sentences:
'distant events'
'the remote past or future'

• distant
• removed

5. outback, remote

inaccessible and sparsely populated

• outback

• inaccessible
• unaccessible

6. distant, remote

far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship

Example Sentences:
'a distant cousin'
'a remote relative'
'a distant likeness'
'considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics'

• distant