distance
Gap between points
Distance is primarily a noun and is based on the adjective distant, whose core meaning is far away or not near.
Distance is used to note any separation: of things in space, of events in time, or of people in relationships.
If you keep your distance from someone, you avoid close involvement with them.
Distance learning is used to describe online courses where the instructor is remote from the student.
If you distance yourself from someone or something, you make a point of being less involved with them.
At great distance
- remoteDistant or controller
- outlyingDistant from center
- separationState of being apart
- gapUnfilled space between
span · interval · length · expanse · stretch · breadth · width · proximity
Thousand meters
inch · league · furlong · light-year · parsec · nautical mile · odometer · pedometer
State of being apart
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- homesickLonging for one's dwelling
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- piningAching with prolonged desire
apart · absence · missing · loneliness · heartache · wistfulness · reunion · letters
Distance between endpoints
stretch · accessibility · attainability · arm's length · radius · ambit · coverage · sweep
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- aloofnessEmotional unavailability, standoffishness
- coldnessLow temperature state
- reserveSupply kept back
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
alienation · withdrawal · standoffishness · remoteness · coolness · formality · indifference · disconnect
Long-distance footrace
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- lapOne complete circuit
- dashQuick burst or pinch
pace · endurance · track · course · finish line · personal best · split time · stamina
Movement between locations
- voyageJourney by sea
- trekArduous overland journey
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
pilgrimage · commute · migration · marathon · cross-country · road trip · mileage · leg
faraway
At great distance
- remoteDistant or controller
- outlyingDistant from center
- separationState of being apart
gap · span · interval · length · expanse · stretch · breadth · width · proximity · nearness
kilometer
Thousand meters
foot · inch · league · furlong · light-year · parsec · nautical mile · odometer · pedometer · rangefinder
separation
State of being apart
pining · apart · absence · missing · loneliness · heartache · wistfulness · reunion · letters · waiting
span
Distance between endpoints
grasp · stretch · accessibility · attainability · arm's length · radius · ambit · coverage · sweep · orbit
detachment
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- aloofnessEmotional unavailability, standoffishness
- coldnessLow temperature state
- reserveSupply kept back
estrangement · alienation · withdrawal · standoffishness · remoteness · coolness · formality · indifference · disconnect · disengagement
marathon
Long-distance footrace
dash · pace · endurance · track · course · finish line · personal best · split time · stamina · racing
travel
Movement between locations
- voyageJourney by sea
- trekArduous overland journey
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
odyssey · pilgrimage · commute · migration · marathon · cross-country · road trip · mileage · leg · route
- geometryangles, circles, angle, shapes, lines
- measurementsheight, stature, meters, depth, pound
- runningrun, runner, running shoes, running shorts, running gear
- space explorationrockets, Saturn V, satellites, mission, Falcon Heavy
- body measurementsheight, weight, waist circumference, head circumference, shoulder width
- datingmatch, profile, swipe left, hookup, breakup
distanceproximity
Nearness in space
closeness · nearness · adjacency · propinquity · contiguity
distanceintimacy
Emotional closeness between people
closeness · warmth · affection · connection · familiarity
distancesimilarity
State of being alike
likeness · resemblance · sameness · equivalence · alikeness
- long distanceSeparation across significant space
- walking distanceSpan traversable on foot
- in the distanceFar away, visible
- going the distanceCompleting the full effort
- distant pastLong-ago era
- go the distancePersist to completion
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