English Synonym Finder

outlying

Definitions

Situated far from a main center or central area; remote.

Relating to or forming an outer boundary or periphery.

Statistically distant from the main body of a set of data.

Examples

The rescue team searched the outlying areas for the missing hikers.

Many of the outlying villages still lack access to high-speed internet.

Synonyms

remote distant peripheral isolated far-flung secluded fringe

Antonyms

central near adjacent proximate inner close nearby