Length
Length noun - A wide space or area.
Usage example: vowed that he would journey the lengths of the earth to find her
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Synonyms for Length
Span is a synonym for length in distance topic. In some cases you can use "Span" instead a noun "Length", when it comes to topics like extent, time, duration, period. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good length | good span |
| full | full length | full span |
| long | long length | long span |
| exact | exact length | exact span |
| Other adjectives: normal, typical, specific, brief, short, certain, average, original, infinite, reasonable, sheer, entire, enormous, absurd, limited, significant, greater, maximum, unspecified, extended, longer, shorter. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Their length in both time and space varies from minutes to months and may span continents.
Source: Literature / Winnetou -
Argost says that his resurrection was supposed to take six months, the same length of time as the time span between season one and two.
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This is treated as time travel with a length of 0, so it's "free" as far as their Span is concerned.
Source: Tabletop Game / Continuum
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Span and Length. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/length/span
Length & Span. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/length/span>.
Span or Length. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/length/span.
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