How can the distance from a TikZ node to its label be changed?

Question

I have a diagram of a few nodes and a few labels. I want the distance of each label from its respective node to be increased (to prevent it from overlapping with lines of the diagram). What is the correct syntax to do this?

\documentclass[tikz, border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
    \draw[step=1cm] (0,0) grid (5,1);
    \node[label=above:\rotatebox{-45}{king} ] at (0.5,0.5) {0};
    \node[label=above:\rotatebox{-45}{queen}] at (1.5,0.5) {1};
    \node[label=above:\rotatebox{-45}{man}  ] at (2.5,0.5) {0};
    \node[label=above:\rotatebox{-45}{woman}] at (3.5,0.5) {0};
    \node[label=above:\rotatebox{-45}{child}] at (4.5,0.5) {0};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Answer 1

Setting label distance I think.

\documentclass[tikz, border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[label distance=5mm]
    \draw[step=1cm] (0,0) grid (5,1);
    \node[label=above:\rotatebox{-45}{king} ] at (0.5,0.5) {0};
    \node[label={[label distance=1cm]above:\rotatebox{-45}{queen}}] at (1.5,0.5) {1};
    \node[label=above:\rotatebox{-45}{man}  ] at (2.5,0.5) {0};
    \node[label=above:\rotatebox{-45}{woman}] at (3.5,0.5) {0};
    \node[label=above:\rotatebox{-45}{child}] at (4.5,0.5) {0};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Answer 2

You can place the labels with numbers(for example 90 instead of above) and add a distance. With adding label distance=<...> like this:

\node[label={[label distance=2mm]90:\rotatebox{-45}{king}}]

See: Tikz manual http://vesta.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ftp/pub/mirror/ctan/graphics/pgf/base/doc/pgfmanual.pdf

-> 3.9 Adding Labels Next to Nodes (p.52) it says: number instead of things like below left -> 17.10.2 The Label option label (p.340) : The is additionally inserted between the main node and the label node.

MWE:

\documentclass[tikz, border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
    \draw[step=1cm] (0,0) grid (5,1);
    \node[label={[label distance=2mm]90:\rotatebox{-45}{king}}] at (0.5,0.5) {0};
    \node[label={[label distance=2mm]90:\rotatebox{-45}{queen}}] at (1.5,0.5) {1};
    \node[label={[label distance=2mm]90:\rotatebox{-45}{man}}] at (2.5,0.5) {0};
    \node[label={[label distance=2mm]90:\rotatebox{-45}{woman}}] at (3.5,0.5) {0};
    \node[label={[label distance=2mm]90:\rotatebox{-45}{child}}] at (4.5,0.5) {0};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}