distance

distance

noun

Definition of DISTANCE

1

the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects <the distance between the earth and the sun is about 93 million miles>

Synonyms lead, length, remove, spacing, spread, stretch, way

Related Words altitude, area, breadth, depth, height, rise, space, volume, width; extension, extent; cast, range, reach, scope, shot, sweep, throw; drop, fall, flight, haul; berth, clearance

2

a wide space or area <a region marked by great, featureless distances>

Synonyms breadth, distance, expansion, extent, field, length, plain, reach, sheet, spread, stretch, waste

Related Words domain, sphere, territory; compass, range, scope, sweep; gamut, scale, spectrum; depth, emptiness, void; extension, latitude, span; amplitude, immensity, magnitude

3

the quality or state of being different <the brothers' personalities are like the distance between night and day>

Synonyms contrast, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, diverseness, diversity, otherness, unlikeness

Related Words deviance, divergence; differentiability, discriminability, distinguishability; change, modification, variation; conflict, discord, discordance, dissension (also dissention), dissent, dissidence, disunity, friction, strife; variability, variance; anomalousness, dichotomy, incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, nonconformity; disproportion, imbalance, inequality, nonequivalence

Near Antonyms identicalness, identity; accordance, agreement, conformity, congruity, correspondence, parallelism, similitude; equality, equivalence, equivalency; homogeneity, homogeneousness, uniformity

Antonyms alikeness, analogousness, analogy, community, likeness, resemblance, sameness, similarity