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 &c 73.
[units of distance] length &c 200.
cosmic distance, light-years.
V. be distant &c 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.
Adj. distant; far off, far away; remote, telescopic, distal, wide of;
stretching to &c v.; yon, yonder; ulterior; transmarine†, transpontine†,
transatlantic, transalpine; tramontane; ultramontane, ultramundane†;
hyperborean, antipodean; inaccessible, out of the way; unapproached†,
unapproachable; incontiguous†.
Adv. 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 &c (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.
Phr. distance lends enchantment [Campbell]; it's a long long way to
Tipperary; out of sight, out of mind.