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distance

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of distance

lead, length, remove, spacing, spread, stretch, way
Words Related to distance

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 of distance

breadth, expanse, expansion, extent, field, length, plain, reach, sheet, spread, stretch, waste
Words Related to distance

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 of distance

contrast, difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, diverseness, diversity, otherness, unlikeness
Words Related to distance

deviance, divergence

differentiability, discriminability, distinguishability

change, modification, variation

variability, variance

anomalousness, dichotomy, incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, nonconformity
Near Antonyms of distance

identicalness, identity

accordance, agreement, conformity, congruity, correspondence, parallelism, similitude

equality, equivalence, equivalency

homogeneity, homogeneousness, uniformity
Antonyms of distance

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

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