Synonyms for land

verb

  1. To bring a boat to shore

    dock, set on shore, set down, bring in, come to land, beach, pilot, steer, bring into her slip, drop anchor, cast anchor, put in, make land.

    Antonyms board, weigh anchor, cast off.

  2. To come into port

    dock, berth, come to berth; see arrive 1.

  3. To go ashore

    disembark, debark, come ashore, invade, arrive, alight, leave the boat, light on, leave the ship, go down the gangplank, hit the beach*, lift anchor and pack gear*; see also descend 1.

    Antonyms leave*, go on shipboard, embark.

  4. To bring an airplane to earth

    touch down, get down, ground, take down, arrive, alight, get into the field, come in, bring in the ship, settle, land into the wind, level off, flatten out, come down, descend upon, make a forced landing, set it on the deck*, balloon in*, bounce in*, crash-land*, up-wind*, fishtail down*, nose over*, overshoot*, splash down*, check in*, undershoot*, pancake*; see also arrive 1.

noun

  1. The solid surface of the earth

    ground, soil, dirt, earth, clay, loam, leaf mold, glebe, marl, gravel, subsoil, clod, sand, rock, mineral, metal, pebble, stone, dry land, terra firma, valley, desert, tableland, hill, bank, seaboard, seaside, shore, beach, strand, crag, cliff, boulder, ledge, peninsula, delta, promontory, neck, tongue; see also earth 2, mountain 1, plain.

    Antonyms sea*, stream, ocean.

  2. Land as property

    estate, tract, real estate; see area 2, property 2.

  3. Land as an agent of production

    ranch, quarry, field; see farm.

  4. A country

    homeland, realm, state; see country 3, home 2, nation 1.

See land in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun
  1. An organized geopolitical unit:

    body politic, country, nation, polity, state. See politics, territory
  2. Usually extensive real estate:

    acre (often used in plural), estate, property. See owned
verb
  1. To come ashore from a seacraft:

    debark, disembark. See move
  2. To come to rest on the ground:

    alight1, light2, set down, settle, touch down. See move
  3. (Informal)

    To come into possession of:

    acquire, come by, gain, get, obtain, procure, secure, win. (Informal) pick up. See get

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