Synonyms and antonyms of Units for measuring distance in American Thesaurus

astronomical unit (noun)

a unit for measuring distance in space

food mile (noun)

a measure of the distance traveled by foods between the place where they are produced and the place where they are eaten. Long distances are considered bad because the quality of the food is worse and energy is wasted in transporting it.

K (abbreviation)

kilometer

kilometer (noun)

a unit for measuring distance in the metric system, containing 1000 meters. The written abbreviation is km.

kilometre ()

the British spelling of kilometer

km (abbreviation)

kilometer

league (noun)

an old unit for measuring distance, equal to about five kilometers

light year (noun)

astronomy the distance that light travels in a year, used as a unit for measuring distances in space

m. (abbreviation)

mile

mi. (abbreviation)

mile

mile (noun)

a unit for measuring distance, equal to 1,760 yards or 1.609 kilometers

mileage (noun)

the number of miles that a vehicle has traveled since it was made, or in a particular period of time

minute (noun)

the distance that you can travel in a minute

mpg (abbreviation)

miles per gallon: the distance in miles that a vehicle can travel using one gallon of gas

nautical mile (noun)

a unit for measuring distances on the ocean, equal to 6080 feet or 1852 meters

sea mile (noun)

a nautical mile