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Synonyms of land in English:
land
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noun
1‘Lyme Park has 1323 acres of land’
SYNONYMS
grounds, ground, fields, open space, open area
property, acres, acreage, estate, estate, lands, realty, real property, real estate, landholding, holding
countryside
unbuilt land, rural area, green area, green belt
archaic demesne
2‘a small patch of fertile land’
SYNONYMS
soil, earth, loam, sod, dirt, clay, turf, topsoil, humus, marl
3the land‘so many people are leaving the land and going to work in the city’
SYNONYMS
the countryside, the country, rural areas, farmland, agricultural land
4‘Tunisia is a land of variety’
SYNONYMS
country, nation, state, nation state, fatherland, motherland, homeland, realm, kingdom, empire, republic, commonwealth, province, territory, district, region, area, domain
5‘the lookout sighted land at last’
SYNONYMS
terra firma, dry land, solid ground
coast, coastline, shore
ANTONYMS
sea
verb
1‘Allied troops had landed in France’
SYNONYMS
disembark, reach the shore, go ashore, debark, alight, get off
arrive
ANTONYMS
embark
2‘the ship landed at Le Havre’
SYNONYMS
berth, dock, moor, anchor, drop anchor, tie up, beach, put in, reach the shore, come in to land
arrive
ANTONYMS
put to sea, sail, depart
3‘their plane landed at Chicago airport’
SYNONYMS
touch down, alight, make a landing, come in to land, come down, come to rest, arrive
ANTONYMS
take off
4‘a bird landed on the windowsill’
SYNONYMS
perch, settle, come down, come to rest, alight
ANTONYMS
fly off
5‘landing a plane was no problem for me’
SYNONYMS
bring down, make a landing, put down, take down
6‘Nick had landed the job of editor’
SYNONYMS
obtain, get, acquire, procure, secure, be appointed to, gain, net, win, earn, achieve, attain, bag, come by, draw, pick up
carry off, catch, capture, grab, hook
informal get one's hands on, lay one's hands on, get hold of, get one's mitts on, score, swing, nab, collar, pull down
British informal blag
7‘that habit landed her in juvenile custody’
SYNONYMS
bring, lead, drive, cause to be in, cause to arrive in
8‘she hoped he wouldn't land her with the bill’
SYNONYMS
burden, saddle, encumber, trouble, tax, load
informal dump something on someone
British informal lumber
9‘John tried to land a punch on Brian's chin’
SYNONYMS
inflict, deal, deliver, administer, deposit, dispense, give, catch, mete out
informal fetch
Phrases
- land up
‘many of them land up in prison’
SYNONYMS
finish up, arrive, find oneself, end up, turn up, come, go, appear
informal wind up, fetch up, show up, roll up, blow in
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