distances
How far apart
Distances is the plural of distance—the amount of space between two points.
Physical distances can be measured: The distances between cities appeared on the map.
Figurative distances describe emotional or social separation: The distances between them had grown over the years.
As a verb form, distances means to separate or remove oneself: She distances herself from controversy.
Vehicle distance recorder
- tapeAdhesive strip on roll
- rulerOne who governs
- calipersAdjustable-jaw measuring device
- micrometerMillionth of a meter
yardstick · rangefinder · pedometer · surveying · telemetry · metric · imperial · gauge
Emotional separation between people
- alienationState of being isolated
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- isolationComplete separation from others
- remotenessQuality of being faraway
disconnect · rift · gulf · chasm · gap · breach · remove · apart
Distance traveled by vehicle
- journeyTravel from place to place
- voyageJourney by sea
- trekArduous overland journey
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
commute · roadtrip · transit · route · leg · stretch · span · coverage
odometer
Vehicle distance recorder
micrometer · yardstick · rangefinder · pedometer · surveying · telemetry · metric · imperial · gauge · calibration
estrangement
Emotional separation between people
- alienationState of being isolated
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- isolationComplete separation from others
remoteness · disconnect · rift · gulf · chasm · gap · breach · remove · apart · faraway
mileage
Distance traveled by vehicle
expedition · commute · roadtrip · transit · route · leg · stretch · span · coverage · itinerary
throwing
Propelling by arm motion
hammer · driving · putting · archery · shooting · sprinting · laps · pacing · splits · personal-best
lightyear
Astronomical length unit
- parsecInterstellar length measure
- astronomicalRelating to outer space
- interstellarBetween celestial bodies
cosmic · orbital · celestial · planetary · galaxy · universe · void · stellar · spacetime · trajectory
- repelsrepels, wards off, keeps away, fends off, drives away
- navigationcompass, compass rose, signs, charts, navbar
- ancient mapsold maps, nautical charts, world maps, ancient maps, portolan charts
- surveyingsurveyor, theodolite, land surveys, survey markers, triangulation
- flight dataaltitude, logbook, airspeed, flight log, manifest
distancesproximities
States of being near
nearnesses · adjacencies · vicinities · immediacies · contacts
distancesintimacies
Close personal connections
closenesses · warmths · familiarities · connections · bonds
distancesapproaches
Ways of doing something
embraces · engages · affiliates · attaches · connects
- 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
distance, distancing, distanced, long-distance, short-distance, middle-distance