Distance

//ˈdɪst(ə)n(t)s//

Synonyms for "distance" (163 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (33)

Verb(1 words)
outdistance

Strong matches (49)

Related words (81)

Related word relations

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More general

14 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

106 entries

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distinct from

3 entries

is a

11 entries

manner of

1 entries

receives action

3 entries

related to

112 entries

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Translations

256 translations across 96 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

4 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)
  • بَعَّدَ verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

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

4 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)
  • дистанцирам се verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

Burmese

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

Catalan

4 entries
  • distància noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • llunyania noun (place that is far away or remote)
  • allunyar-se verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)
  • distanciar-se verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

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

4 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)
  • verwijderen verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

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
  • aikaero noun (interval or length of time between events)
  • ajallinen etäisyys noun (interval or length of time between events)
  • ero noun (measure between two points or quantities — see also difference, variance)
  • ero noun (interval or length of time between events)

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

4 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)
  • απομακρύνομαι verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

Haitian Creole

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

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מֶרְחָק noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • התרחק verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अंतराल noun (interval or length of time between events)
  • दूर noun (place that is far away or remote)
  • दूरी noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • दूर हटना verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

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

2 entries
  • jarak noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • menjauhi verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

Ingrian

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

Interlingua

2 entries
  • distantia noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • distantiar verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

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

2 entries
  • distanza noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • distanziare verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

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

3 entries
  • അകലം noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • ദൂരം noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • അകലുക verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

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 which is far away or remote; more remote part of a landscape or view as contrasted with the foreground)
  • 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)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • distância noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • afastar-se verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)
  • distanciar-se verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

Romanian

3 entries
  • depărtare noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • distanță noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • distanța verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

Russian

4 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)
  • отдаля́ть verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

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

4 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)
  • alejarse verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

Sundanese

2 entries
  • anggang noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • anggang verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

Swahili

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

Swedish

4 entries
  • avstånd noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • distans noun ((countable, uncountable) amount of space between points)
  • avlägsna sig verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)
  • distansera sig verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

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

4 entries
  • அளவு noun (entire amount of progress to an objective)
  • இடைவெளி noun (interval or length of time between events)
  • இடைவெளி noun (separation in some way other than space or time)
  • இடைவெளி noun (state of remoteness or separation in some way other than space or time)

Tatar

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

Telugu

1 entries
  • దూరం చేసుకొను verb (to set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something)

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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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.