Distance

/ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s/

Synonyms for "distance" (222 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (45)

Noun(12 words)
lengthabsolute displacementabsolute valuealoofnessbrusquenesscalculatedepthdepthsdetached fromdetachingdeviationdeviation magnitude
Adjective(3 words)
absolute displacement magnitudedetacheddisconnected kinship
Verb(5 words)
alienatealienatedalienatesavoideddeviate from the plan

Strong matches (66)

Noun(17 words)
disconnectionsdisplacementsdissimilaritiesdistance traveledestrangementsestrangingfar awaygapgaugegerman intervallgrowing estrangementhammingheightintervalintervalsl symbollengths
Verb(4 words)
distancedestrangeestrangesgive space
Adjective(1 words)
estranged

Related words (111)

Noun(24 words)
measuremilesmove awayoffsetpath lengthphysical distancingplant spacingportuguese intervalopull backquantifyrecederoute lengthseparateseparate from othersseparationseparationsspacespace the wordsspanish separarspanning
Show 4 more words
spansstandofftotal lengthtravel distance
Determiner(1 words)
no physical contact
Verb(4 words)
outdistanceoutstripthrow a balluncouple
Adjective(2 words)
radial displacementssocial disassociation

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

23 entries
analysischange positionholdincrease separationindifferenceintervalkeepleave behindmagnitudemaintainmeasurementmotion measuremovementpartpointpoint in time

Showing 16 of 23 words.

More specific

11 entries
create bufferdisplacement measurementhorizontal distancelength measurementone way distanceretreatround trip distanceseparation measurementstep backstraight line distancevertical distance

Collocations

9 entries
distance between pointsdistance formuladistance sensordistance traveleddistance unitlong distancemeasure distanceshort distancestraight line distance

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Translations

184 translations across 95 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • afstand noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Albanian

2 entries
  • distancë noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • largesë noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀπόστασις noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Arabic

3 entries
  • بعد noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • بُعْد noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • مَسَافَة noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հեռավորություն noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Assamese

3 entries
  • দূৰতা noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • দূৰত্ব noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • দূৰৈ noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • ara noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • məsafə noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ара noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Basque

1 entries
  • distantzia noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • адле́гласць noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • дыста́нцыя noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Bengali

1 entries
  • দূরত্ব noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Breton

1 entries
  • pellder noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • диста́нция noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • отдалеченост noun (place that is far away or remote)
  • разстоя́ние noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အကွာအဝေး noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Catalan

2 entries
  • distància noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • llunyania noun (place that is far away or remote)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • دووری noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • gai noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 距離 /距离 noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 距 noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • 距離 /距离 noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Czech

1 entries
  • vzdálenost noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Danish

1 entries
  • afstand noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Dari

4 entries
  • دُورِی noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • فَاصِلَه noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • فَاصْلَه noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • مَسَافَت noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Dutch

3 entries
  • afstand noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • eind noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • verte noun (place that is far away or remote)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • distanco noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • foro noun (place that is far away or remote)
  • malproksimo noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kaugus noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Finnish

4 entries
  • etäisyys noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • kaukaa noun (place that is far away or remote)
  • kaukaisuus noun (place that is far away or remote)
  • matka noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

French

1 entries
  • distance noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Galician

3 entries
  • distancia noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • distancia noun (place that is far away or remote)
  • lonxanía noun (place that is far away or remote)

Georgian

4 entries
  • დაშორება noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • დისტანცია noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • მანძილი noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • სიშორე noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

German

4 entries
  • Abstand noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • Distanz noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • Entfernung noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • Ferne noun (place that is far away or remote)

Greek

3 entries
  • απομάκρυνση noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • απόσταση noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • διάστημα noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • distans noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מֶרְחָק noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Hindi

2 entries
  • दूर noun (place that is far away or remote)
  • दूरी noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • messzeség noun (place that is far away or remote)
  • táv noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • távolság noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • távolság noun (place that is far away or remote)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • fjarlægð noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • jarak noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • etähäisys noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • matka noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • distantia noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • دوری noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • فَاصِلِه noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • مَسافَت noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Irish

1 entries
  • achar noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Italian

1 entries
  • distanza noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 距離 noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • 遠方 noun (place that is far away or remote)

Javanese

1 entries
  • elet noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • ара noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • арақашықтық noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • қашықтық noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ចម្ងាយ noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Korean

1 entries
  • 거리 noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • ара noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • аралык noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Ladino

2 entries
  • distansya noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • lungure (Monastir) noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຊົ່ວຣະຍະ noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • ໄລຍະຫ່າງ noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Latin

1 entries
  • distantia noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Latvian

2 entries
  • atstatums noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • attālums noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • atstumas noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • distancija noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • nuotolis noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • dalina noun (place that is far away or remote)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • дале́чина noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • диста́нца noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • оддале́ченост noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • раздале́ченост noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Malay

1 entries
  • jarak noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • അകലം noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • ദൂരം noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • зай noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Māori

2 entries
  • mataratanga noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • nehe noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • kalkayotl noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • fiirense noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • avstand noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • avstand noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Occitan

1 entries
  • distància noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Old Czech

1 entries
  • dalekost noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Old English

1 entries
  • feornes noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Pashto

1 entries
  • واټن noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Polish

4 entries
  • dal noun (place that is far away or remote)
  • droga noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • dystans noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • oddal noun (place that is far away or remote)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • distância noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Romanian

2 entries
  • depărtare noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • distanță noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Russian

3 entries
  • диста́нция noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • отдалённость noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • расстоя́ние noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • दूरम् noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • eadar-dhealachadh noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • daljìna noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • ùdāljenōst noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • даљѝна noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • у̀да̄љено̄ст noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Shan

1 entries
  • ၶၢဝ်းတၢင်း noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Slovak

1 entries
  • vzdialenosť noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Slovene

2 entries
  • oddaljenost noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • razdalja noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Spanish

3 entries
  • distancia noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • distancia noun (place that is far away or remote)
  • lejanía noun (place that is far away or remote)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • anggang noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Swahili

1 entries
  • umbali noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Swedish

2 entries
  • avstånd noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • distans noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • agwat noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Tajik

4 entries
  • байн noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • дурӣ noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • масофа noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • фосила noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Tamil

3 entries
  • தூரம் noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • தொலை noun (place that is far away or remote)
  • தொலைவு noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Tatar

1 entries
  • ара noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Thai

2 entries
  • ระยะทาง noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • ระยะห่าง noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Tibetan

3 entries
  • ཐག noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • རྒྱང་ཐག noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • ལམ་ཐག noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Turkish

2 entries
  • ara noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • mesafe noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • aralyk noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ві́ддаль noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • ві́дстань noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • відда́лення noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • диста́нція noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Urdu

4 entries
  • دُوری noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • فاصَلَہ noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • فاصِلَہ noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • مَسافَت noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئارىلىق noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • مۇساپە noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • masofa noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • oraliq noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • khoảng cách noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Zulu

3 entries
  • ibanga noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • iduze noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • ubude noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)

Sample sentences

86 total sentences available.

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There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday.

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You had better keep him at a respectful distance.

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It happened that I saw my friend walking in the distance.

Source: tatoeba (18140)

They dance in circles to communicate a short distance, and shake their bodies and dart back and forth to indicate a longer distance.

Source: tatoeba (18761)

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