beyond reach
Cannot be grasped
Beyond reach describes something that cannot be obtained, touched, or achieved—whether physically or figuratively.
A shelf may be beyond reach for a child, while success remains beyond reach for someone lacking resources.
The phrase often carries a note of frustration or longing: A cure seemed beyond reach.
Sometimes used with possessives: beyond her reach, beyond our reach.
Impossible to acquire
- dreamsInvoluntary sleep visions
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- goalsIntended end results
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
potential · pinnacle · summit · zenith · hopes · ideals · longing · yearning
Obstruction preventing passage
- lockedFastened with a mechanism
- forbiddenNot allowed
- restrictedLimited in scope
- off-limitsProhibited from access
unattainable · insurmountable · impenetrable · blocked · barred · exclusive · privileged · out of bounds
Apparent earth-sky meeting
- farawayAt great distance
- remoteDistant or controller
- yonderThat distant place
- outerFarther from the center
vastness · infinity · expanse · afar · out there · distant shores · ends of the earth · over the rainbow
unattainable
Impossible to acquire
aspiration · potential · pinnacle · summit · zenith · hopes · ideals · longing · yearning · wishful
barrier
Obstruction preventing passage
- lockedFastened with a mechanism
- forbiddenNot allowed
- restrictedLimited in scope
off-limits · unattainable · insurmountable · impenetrable · blocked · barred · exclusive · privileged · out of bounds · closed
horizon
Apparent earth-sky meeting
outer · vastness · infinity · expanse · afar · out there · distant shores · ends of the earth · over the rainbow · far-flung
intangible
Not physically present
slippery · ethereal · shadowy · will-o-wisp · mirage · phantom · chimera · quicksilver · vanishing · escaping
- inaccessibleinaccessible, unobtainable, unattainable, off-limits, blocked
- signal problemsbad connection, dead zone, dead zones, dropped calls, no signal
beyond reachwithin reach
Close enough to grasp
accessible · reachable · attainable · available · within grasp
beyond reachattainable
Able to be reached
achievable · within reach · feasible · realizable · possible
beyond reachclose by
At short distance
right there · within reach · at hand · close at hand · nearby
reach, beyond, reaching, reached, reaches, beyondness, unreachable, outreach, overreach