its two words
distant, faraway, remote,
Distant, faraway, further, remote...
Antonyms for the word 'nearby' include far and faraway.
far⋅a⋅way   /ˈfɑrəˈweɪ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [fahr-uh-wey]adjective1. distant; remote: faraway lands.2. dreamy, preoccupied: a faraway look. 3. Very distant; remote. 4. Abstracted; dreamy: a faraway look. 5.very far away in space or time; "faraway mountains"; "the faraway future"; "troops landing on far-off shores"; "far-off happier times" 6. far removed mentally; "a faraway (or distant) look in her eyes" From dictionary.com
The definition of the term - faraway is to be distant, far, remote. Faraway can also mean to be absent minded, dreamy, preoccupied, far removed mentally.
Tele. Telegraph - far writing Telephone - far speaking Telescope - far seeing
yonder distant
Although I was seated at a staff meeting in frigid Milwaukee, my mind very far away on a warm, tropical island.
Can't think of a song with that title, but it's reminiscent of the opening line of The Jam's 'Down in the Tube Station at Midnight'. "The distant echo of faraway voices boarding faraway trains"
The phrase "as far away as Timbuktu" is used figuratively to indicate a very distant or remote location. Timbuktu is a city in Mali that is historically known for being a difficult and faraway place to reach.
why did Britain want to send criminals to faraway places in the 19th century
The compound word for "not far away" is nearby, and the compound word for "at the side of" is alongside.