| Main Entry: | distance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dissociate oneself; leave behind |
Synonyms: |
break away from the pack, outdo, outpace, outrun, outstrip, pass, put in proportion, separate oneself |
Antonyms: |
associate, be friendly, go to |
| Concept: | Distance. |
| Category: | 1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
distance; space; remoteness, farness, far-cry to; longinquity, elongation; offing, background; remote region; removedness; parallax; reach, span, stride., outpost, outskirt; horizon; aphelion; foreign parts, ultima Thule, ne plus ultra, antipodes; long range, giant's stride., dispersion.
-verbs
be distant; extend to, stretch to, reach to, spread to, go to, get to, stretch away to; range., remain at a distance; keep away, keep off, keep aloof, keep clear of, stand away, stand off, stand aloof, stand clear of.
-adjectives
distant; far off, far away; remote, telescopic, distal, wide of; stretching to; yon, yonder; ulterior; transmarine, transpontine, transatlantic, transalpine; tramontane; ultramontane, ultramundane; hyperborean, antipodean; inaccessible, out of the way; unapproached, unapproachable; incontiguous.
-adverbs
far off, far away; afar, afar off; off; away; a long way off, a great way off, a good way off; wide away, aloof; wide of, clear of; out of the way, out of reach; abroad, yonder, farther, further, beyond; outre mer, over the border, far and wide, "over the hills and far away" [Gay]; from pole to pole (over great space); to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earth; out of hearing, nobody knows where, a perte de vue, out of the sphere of, wide of the mark; a far cry to., apart, asunder; wide apart, wide asunder; longo intervallo; at arm's length.
-phrases
"distance lends enchantment" [Campbell].
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Antonyms: |
nearness |
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