Another word for landing | Synonyms for landing

Another word for landing

landing Synonyms

landing

n.

The act of reaching shore
arriving, docking, berthing, wharfing, piloting, making port, steering, casting anchor, anchoring, dropping anchor, disembarkation; see also arrival 1.
The place where landing, sense 1, is possible
marina, pier, wharf; see dock 1, harbor 2.
The act of reaching the earth
setting down, grounding, getting in, arriving, deplaning, reaching an airport, touchdown, splashdown, completing a mission, vertical landing, settling, alighting, ballooning in*.

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They burst out of the light, landing hard.
Suddenly, she fell, just as quickly landing in a field with waist-high grass and a bright yellow sun overhead.
"No it can't be, that would be too extraordinary," and at the very moment she thought this, the face and figure of Prince Andrew, in a fur cloak the deep collar of which covered with snow, appeared on the landing where the footman stood with the candle.
She stepped through and emerged on the landing overlooking the desert.
Deidre trailed him numbly from the landing into the fortress.

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