Distance

What do we mean by distance?

The extent of space between two objects or places; an intervening space. noun

The fact or condition of being apart in space; remoteness. noun

The length or numerical value of a straight line or curve. noun

The extent of space between points on a measured course. noun

The length of a race, especially of a horserace. noun

A point or area that is far away. noun

A depiction of a such a point or area. noun

A stretch of space without designation of limit; an expanse. noun

The extent of time between two events; an intervening period. noun

A point removed in time. noun

The full period or length of a contest or game. noun

An amount of progress. noun

Difference or disagreement. noun

Emotional separateness or reserve; aloofness. noun

To place or keep at or as if at a distance. transitive verb

To cause to appear at a distance. transitive verb

To leave far behind; outrun. transitive verb

To place at a distance; situate remotely.

The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.

Length or interval of time.

The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities.

Remoteness of place; a remote place.

Remoteness in succession or relation.

A space marked out in the last part of a racecourse.

The entire amount of progress to an objective.

A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance.

The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.

The space measured back from the winning-post which a racehorse running in a heat must reach when the winner has covered the whole course, in order to run in the final heat.

Words that are spelled similarly to distance:
distance, distancy, distante, distinct, instance, stance, distant, pittance, distaste, desistance, existance, dispence, disrange, dispace, distanced, distances, distune, pastance, custance, disfancy, distancia, distanz, aisance, distan, distanza, rsistance, distare.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word distance:
eccentricity, inclination, runner, racecourse, orbit, marathon, metres, kilometers, metric, radius, runners, miles, nearest, skating, laps, lens, measured, measurements, learning, velocity, stakes, magnitude, relay, angle, speed, axis, travelled, mile, sun, formula, object, traveled, earth, race, respect.

Words that rhyme with distance:
resistance, existence, assistance, persistence, subsistence, insistence, consistence, coexistence, resistence, outdistance, piece de resistance, timeless existence, social assistance, sales resistance, logistic assistance, passive resistance, least resistance, electric resistance, path of least resistance, acoustic resistance, national assistance, electrical resistance, self-subsistence, line of least resistance.

Adjectives that are often used to describe distance:
short, great, long, considerable, little, same, greater, safe, certain, average, vertical, horizontal, total, far, shortest, mean, minimum, respectful, middle, maximum, striking, easy, equal, physical, proper, greatest, infinite, focal, reasonable, perpendicular, angular, critical, actual, sufficient, shorter, euclidean, emotional, relative, convenient, immense, longer, geographical, vast, psychological, radial, discreet, near, exact, genetic, variable, correct, spatial, comfortable, apparent, zenith, measurable, interatomic, finite, geographic, immeasurable, aesthetic, temporal, fair, respectable, polar, dim, linear, suitable, enormous, slight, moderate, least, remote, smallest, longest.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective distance:
trade, calls, call, service, travel, transport, transmission, runners, communication, runner, telephone, services, lines, traffic, running, migration, transportation, dispersal, relationship, routes, communications, migrants, carriers, learning, charges, movement, trains, flights, carrier, rates, networks, relationships, market, network, exchange, curve, companies, buses, line, race, curves, traders, races, vector, relation, movements, operator, connections, company, commerce, telephony, education, trips, flight, drivers, migrations, links, station, moves, business, phone, events, trading, commuting, driver, journeys, circuits, dependencies, pipelines, nationalism, runs, connection, contacts, voyages, markets, hauling, haulage, travelers, conversation, diagram, driving, shipping, merchants, swimming, run, record, shipments, train, mobility, scale, bills, graph.

Words that sound like distance:
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