Roget's Thesaurus

#196. Distance

Nouns

distance; space etc. 180; remoteness, farness, far-cry to; longinquity, elongation; offing, background; remote region; removedness; parallax; reach, span, stride. outpost, outskirt; horizon; aphelion; foreign parts, ultima Thule [Lat.], ne plus ultra [Lat.], antipodes; long range, giant's stride. dispersion etc. 73. [units of distance] length etc. 200. cosmic distance, light-years.

Verbs

be distant etc. adj.; 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, stay away, keep one's distance. distance; distance oneself from.

Adjectives

distant; far off, far away; remote, telescopic, distal, wide of; stretching to etc. v.; 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 [Fr.], over the border, far and wide, over the hills and far away [Gay]; from pole to pole, etc. (over great space) 180; to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earth; out of hearing, nobody knows where, a perte de vue [Fr.], out of the sphere of, wide of the mark; a far cry to. apart, asunder; wide apart, wide asunder; longo intervallo [It.]; at arm's length.

Phrases

distance lends enchantment [Campbell]; it's a long long way to Tipperary; out of sight out of mind.