distance

distance is a 8-letter English word with 23 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 23 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place.
2. noun. Remoteness of place; a remote place.
3. noun. A space marked out in the last part of a race course.
4. noun. Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear; -- contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left.
5. noun. Space between two antagonists in fencing.
6. noun. The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape.
7. noun. Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety.
8. noun. Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two eras or events.
9. noun. The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.
10. noun. A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.
11. noun. Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.
12. noun. The interval between two notes; as, the distance of a fourth or seventh.
13. transitive verb. To place at a distance or remotely.
14. transitive verb. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.
15. transitive verb. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.
16. noun. the property created by the space between two objects or points
17. noun. size of the gap between two places

    "the distance from New York to Chicago"

    "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"

    Synonyms: length

18. noun. indifference by personal withdrawal

    "emotional distance"

    Synonyms: aloofness

19. noun. a distant region

    "I could see it in the distance"

20. noun. the interval between two times

    "the distance from birth to death"

    "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"

    Synonyms: space

21. noun. a remote point in time

    "if that happens it will be at some distance in the future"

    "at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details"

22. verb. go far ahead of

    "He outdistanced the other runners"

    Synonyms: outdistance, outstrip

23. verb. keep at a distance

    "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living"

Synonyms

length, aloofness, space, outdistance, outstrip

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in distance:

danciest, disenact

Common word forms

distanced, distances, distancing, distanceless

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