distanced
Created space between
Distanced is the past tense of distance, meaning to create separation—physical or emotional.
You can distance yourself from a controversial opinion, a former friend, or a painful memory.
She distanced herself from the scandal.
In sports, to distance competitors is to pull far ahead of them.
Social distancing, prominent during the COVID-19 pandemic, made distanced a common descriptor: We sat distanced in the waiting room.
In different locations
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- isolatedSeparated from others
- removedTaken from position
divided · segregated · spaced · scattered · spread out · set apart · kept away · quarantined
Apart or uninvolved
- reservedRestrained in manner
- coldLow temperature state
- standoffishUnfriendly in manner
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
remote · unapproachable · impersonal · dispassionate · indifferent · removed · guarded · cool
Exceeded in speed
- outstrippedExceeded or overtook
- outrunSurpass in speed
- left behindAbandoned or forgotten
- pulled aheadGained the lead
overtook · outdistanced · outperformed · exceeded · eclipsed · lapped · gapped · broke away
apart
In different locations
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- isolatedSeparated from others
removed · divided · segregated · spaced · scattered · spread out · set apart · kept away · quarantined · sequestered
detached
Apart or uninvolved
- reservedRestrained in manner
- coldLow temperature state
- standoffishUnfriendly in manner
withdrawn · remote · unapproachable · impersonal · dispassionate · indifferent · removed · guarded · cool · unfriendly
outpaced
Exceeded in speed
- outstrippedExceeded or overtook
- outrunSurpass in speed
- left behindAbandoned or forgotten
pulled ahead · overtook · outdistanced · outperformed · exceeded · eclipsed · lapped · gapped · broke away
- second thoughtssecond thoughts, reconsideration, rethinking, change of mind, change of heart
- surrenderedsurrendered, capitulated, yielded, conceded, submitted
distancedapproached
Moved toward something
proximate · undistanced · close · neared · near
- long distanceSeparation across significant space
- walking distanceSpan traversable on foot
- in the distanceFar away, visible
- going the distanceCompleting the full effort
- go the distancePersist to completion
- social distancingDeliberate interpersonal spacing