| Main Entry: | distance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interval, range |
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absence, ambit, amplitude, area, bit, breadth, compass, country mile, expanse, extension, extent, far piece, farness, gap, good ways, heavens, hinterland, horizon, lapse, length, objective, orbit, outpost, outskirts, provinces, purlieu, purview, radius, reach, remoteness, remove, scope, separation, size, sky, space, span, spread, stretch, sweep, way, width |
| Main Entry: | distance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aloofness |
Synonyms: |
coldness, coolness, frigidity, reserve, restraint, stiffness |
Antonyms: |
affection, friendliness, sympathy, warmth |
| 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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| Main Entry: | altitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | height in the sky |
Synonyms: |
apex, distance, elevation, eminence, loftiness, peak, summit |
Antonyms: |
depth |
| Main Entry: | area |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extent, scope of a surface |
Synonyms: |
breadth, compass, distance, expanse, field, operation, range, size, space, sphere, stretch, width |
| Main Entry: | dissimilarity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unlikeness |
Synonyms: |
alterity, contrast, difference, discord, discordance, discrepancy, disparity, dissemblance, dissimilitude, distance, distinction, divarication, divergence, divergency, diversity, heterogeneity, incomparability, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, nonuniformity, offset, otherness, separation, severance, unrelatedness, variance, variation |
Antonyms: |
compatibility, equality, likeness, relatedness, sameness, similarity |
| Main Entry: | dissociate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | part company with; separate |
Synonyms: |
abstract, alienate, break off, detach, disassociate, disband, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disperse, disrupt, distance, disunite, divide, divorce, estrange, isolate, quit, scatter, segregate, set apart, uncouple, unfix |
Antonyms: |
associate, attach, join |
| Main Entry: | exceed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be superior to; surpass |
Synonyms: |
beat, best, better, break record, cap, distance, eclipse, excel, get upper hand, go beyond, go by, have a jump on, have advantage, have it all over, out-distance, outdo, outpace, outreach, outrun, outshine, outstrip, overstep, overtake, overtax, pass, rise above, run circles around, surmount, top, transcend |
Antonyms: |
be inferior, fail, fall behind |
| Main Entry: | expanse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large space, usually open |
Synonyms: |
amplitude, area, belt, breadth, compass, distance, domain, extension, extent, field, immensity, latitude, length, margin, orbit, plain, radius, range, reach, region, remoteness, room, scope, span, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, territory, tract, uninterrupted space, width, wilderness |