distance

/dˈɪstəns/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the property created by the space between two objects or points
2. a distant region
   “I could see it in the distance”
3. size of the gap between two places
   “the distance from New York to Chicago”
4. indifference by personal withdrawal
   “emotional distance”
5. the interval between two times
   “the distance from birth to death”
6. a remote point in time
   “if that happens it will be at some distance in the future”

verb

1. keep at a distance
   “we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living”
2. go far ahead of
   “He outdistanced the other runners”

Synonyms for distance

• length
• aloofness
• space
• outdistance
• outstrip

Words that rhyme with distance

• resistance
• assistance
• insistence
• persistence
• subsistence
• consistence
• existence
• coexistence
• outdistance
• resistence