Synonyms and antonyms of Units for measuring distance in British Thesaurus

astronomical unit (noun)

a unit for measuring distance in space

food mile (noun)

a measure of the distance travelled 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)

kilometre

kilometer ()

the American spelling of kilometre

kilometre (noun)

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

km (abbreviation)

kilometre

league (noun)

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

light year (noun)

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

m (abbreviation)

metre

m (abbreviation)

mile

mi. (abbreviation)

mile

mile (noun)

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

mileage (noun)

the number of miles that a vehicle has travelled 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 petrol

nautical mile (noun)

a unit for measuring distances at sea, equal to 1852 metres

sea mile (noun)

a nautical mile