Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Distance

Nouns
  • distance
  • space etc. [Indefinite space.] Space
  • remoteness, farness, far-cry to
  • longinquity, elongation
  • offing, background
  • remote region
  • removedness
  • parallax
  • reach, span, stride. outpost, outskirt
  • horizon
  • aphelion
  • foreign parts, antipodes
  • long range, giant's stride. dispersion etc. Nonassemblage. Dispersion. [units of distance] length etc. Length. cosmic distance, light-years.
Verbs
  • be distant etc. adj.
  • extend to, stretch to, reach to, spread to, go to, get to, stretch away to
  • range. remain at a distance
  • keep away, keep off, keep aloof, keep clear of, stand away, stand off, stand aloof, stand clear of, stay away, keep one's distance. distance
  • distance oneself from.
Adjectives
  • distant
  • far off, far away
  • remote, telescopic, distal, wide of
  • stretching to etc. v.
  • yon, yonder
  • ulterior
  • transmarine, transpontine, transatlantic, transalpine
  • tramontane
  • ultramontane, ultramundane
  • hyperborean, antipodean
  • inaccessible, out of the way
  • unapproached, unapproachable
  • incontiguous.
Adverbs
  • far off, far away
  • afar, afar off
  • off
  • away
  • a long way off, a great way off, a good way off
  • wide away, aloof
  • wide of, clear of
  • out of the way, out of reach
  • abroad, yonder, farther, further, beyond
  • over the border, far and wide, over the hills and far away" [Gay]
  • from pole to pole etc. (over great space) [Indefinite space.] Space
  • to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earth
  • out of hearing, nobody knows where, out of the sphere of, wide of the mark
  • a far cry to. apart, asunder
  • wide apart, wide asunder
  • at arm's length.
Phrases
  • distance lends enchantment" [Campbell]
  • it's a long long way to Tipperary
  • " out of sight, out of mind.