Antonyms for distance
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : dis-tuhns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪs təns |
Definition of distance
Origin :- late 13c., "quarrel, estrangement, discord, strife," from Old French destance (13c.), from Latin distantia "a standing apart," from distantem (nominative distans) "standing apart, separate, distant," present participle of distare "stand apart," from dis- "apart, off" (see dis-) + stare "to stand" (see stet).
- Meaning "remoteness, space between things or places" is late 14c. The figurative sense of "aloofness" is the same as in stand-offish. Phrase go the distance (1930s) seems to be originally from the prize ring, where the word meant "scheduled length of a bout."
- noun interval, range
- noun aloofness
- verb dissociate oneself; leave behind
- These gradually died away in the distance, and were heard no more.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- In the distance they could see the others following ghostly lamps.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He had seen her only at a distance since their talk at Newport.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Reached the pool found by me on the 24th; distance seventeen miles.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- The Surveyor-General and a party accompanied us for some distance along the road.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- It was simply impossible to judge with any accuracy of the distance of the ship.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Gracie, shielded by the distance, turned on her stool and studied him.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- His notions of time and distance are often not in the very least to be relied on.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- It was about a quarter of a mile to our house; we walked the distance in unbroken silence.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- The biru was the distance which a man would travel in two hours.
- Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
Synonyms for distance
- absence
- ambit
- amplitude
- area
- bit
- breadth
- break away from the pack
- coldness
- compass
- coolness
- country mile
- expanse
- extension
- extent
- far piece
- farness
- frigidity
- gap
- good ways
- heavens
- hinterland
- horizon
- lapse
- length
- objective
- orbit
- outdo
- outpace
- outpost
- outrun
- outskirts
- outstrip
- pass
- provinces
- purlieu
- purview
- put in proportion
- radius
- reach
- remoteness
- remove
- reserve
- restraint
- scope
- separate oneself
- separation
- size
- sky
- space
- span
- spread
- stiffness
- stretch
- sweep
- way
- width
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