out of reach
Too far away
Out of reach describes something that cannot be physically touched or grasped: She placed the cookies out of reach of the children.
The phrase extends to anything unattainable—goals, dreams, or resources beyond one's capacity to achieve or access: Home ownership feels out of reach for many young people.
Success seemed tantalizingly close yet always out of reach.
Costing much money
- costlyHigh in price
- priceyCosting a lot
- prohibitivePreventing through excess
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
premium · extravagant · exorbitant · steep · overpriced · unattainable · exclusive · high-end
At great distance
- remoteDistant or controller
- distantFar away or aloof
- highGreat in altitude
- elevatedRaised above usual level
inaccessible · far-flung · too far · removed · separated · spaced · distanced · yonder
Not physically present
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- slipperyLacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
transient · evanescent · ungraspable · shadowy · ghostly · elusive · mercurial · will-o-the-wisp
Sleeping mind's narrative
- goalDesired end result
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
desire · hope · pursuit · quest · striving · aim · objective · target
Limited in scope
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
- forbiddenNot allowed
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- off-limitsProhibited from access
guarded · sealed · locked · barricaded · blocked · barred · denied · private
expensive
Costing much money
- costlyHigh in price
- priceyCosting a lot
- prohibitivePreventing through excess
luxury · premium · extravagant · exorbitant · steep · overpriced · unattainable · exclusive · high-end · lavish
faraway
At great distance
elevated · inaccessible · far-flung · too far · removed · separated · spaced · distanced · yonder · afar
intangible
Not physically present
ethereal · transient · evanescent · ungraspable · shadowy · ghostly · elusive · mercurial · will-o-the-wisp · vanishing
dream
Sleeping mind's narrative
longing · desire · hope · pursuit · quest · striving · aim · objective · target · visionary
restricted
Limited in scope
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
- forbiddenNot allowed
- exclusiveLimited to one group
off-limits · guarded · sealed · locked · barricaded · blocked · barred · denied · private · members-only
- distance phrasesstone's throw, arm's length, far away, nearby, close by
- inaccessibleinaccessible, unobtainable, unattainable, off-limits, blocked
- availabilityavailable, unavailable, in stock, ready, accessible
- distance wordsnear, far, close, distant, remote
- absenceabsent, away, gone, missing, lack
- location wordshere, there, where, north, south
out of reachwithin reach
Close enough to grasp
at hand · within grasp · close at hand · reachable · accessible
out of reachattainable
Able to be reached
achievable · within reach · obtainable · realizable · within grasp
out of reachreachable
Able to be contacted
available · contactable · accessible · on call · within reach
reach, out, reaching, reached, reaches, out-of-reach, unreachable, outreach, overreach