land

The word “land” has 1 syllable: land

It's pronounced as /lænd/


What is synonym and antonym for land?

In the thesaurus, “land” has 235 synonyms and 45 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for land along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for land

  • abduct
  • accomplish
  • accumulate
  • achieve
  • acquire
  • acreage
  • acres
  • alight
  • amass
  • anchor
  • annex
  • appear
  • apprehend
  • area
  • arrest
  • arrive
  • attain
  • bag
  • bay
  • beach
  • belly-land
  • belt
  • berth
  • blow in
  • bring in
  • capture
  • carry
  • catch
  • check in
  • city-state
  • clasp
  • clear
  • client state
  • clutch
  • collar
  • colony
  • come
  • come ashore
  • come by
  • come down
  • come in
  • come to berth
  • commonwealth
  • condominium
  • continent
  • cop
  • corner
  • corral
  • corridor
  • country
  • countryside
  • crash-land
  • debark
  • democracy
  • dependency
  • descend upon
  • detain
  • dictatorship
  • dirt
  • disembark
  • district
  • dock
  • domain
  • dominion
  • draw
  • drop anchor
  • duchy
  • dukedom
  • dust
  • earn
  • earth
  • emirate
  • empire
  • enmesh
  • ensnare
  • entangle
  • entrap
  • estate
  • expanse
  • extent
  • farming
  • farmland
  • fatherland
  • fetch
  • field
  • fist
  • flatten out
  • gain
  • garner
  • get
  • get down
  • get in
  • get through
  • glom
  • glove
  • grab
  • grapple
  • grasp
  • great power
  • grip
  • gross
  • ground
  • grounds
  • halter
  • harbor
  • have
  • hit
  • hold
  • holding
  • home
  • homeland
  • hook
  • immesh
  • island
  • isthmus
  • kidnap
  • kingdom
  • knock down
  • landmass
  • lasso
  • level off
  • light
  • light on
  • loam
  • mainland
  • make
  • make land
  • make port
  • mandate
  • manor
  • mesh
  • microstate
  • ministate
  • monarchy
  • monocracy
  • moor
  • motherland
  • nab
  • nail
  • nation
  • nation-state
  • neck
  • neighborhood
  • net
  • nobble
  • obtain
  • occupy
  • old sod
  • oligarchy
  • parcel
  • peninsula
  • perch
  • pick up
  • pilot
  • plot
  • power
  • principality
  • procure
  • province
  • pull down
  • pull in
  • purlieu
  • put down
  • put in
  • quarry
  • quinta
  • rack up
  • ranch
  • range
  • rap
  • reach
  • reacquire
  • real estate
  • realize
  • realm
  • realty
  • reap
  • reattain
  • recapture
  • regain
  • region
  • remake
  • rend
  • republic
  • roost
  • rope
  • score
  • sea power
  • secure
  • seigniory
  • seignory
  • seize
  • set down
  • set on deck
  • settle
  • settlement
  • shore
  • show up
  • sit down
  • snag
  • snare
  • snatch
  • sod
  • soil
  • sovereign
  • sovereignty
  • sovran
  • sovranty
  • splash down
  • state
  • steer
  • stretch
  • sultanate
  • superpower
  • sweep
  • take down
  • take over
  • terra firma
  • terrain
  • territory
  • theocracy
  • thump
  • tie up
  • tillage
  • touch down
  • tract
  • trap
  • trust territory
  • turn up
  • vicinity
  • welfare state
  • win
  • world power
  • wrest
  • zone

Antonyms for land

Meanings of land

  • noun
    1. The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
    2. Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and on which buildings can be erected.
    3. A country or region.
    4. A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
    5. The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
    6. (often in combination) realm, domain.
    7. The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
    8. A shock or fright.
    9. A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
    10. In a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
    11. (travel) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
    12. The ground or floor.
    13. The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
    14. In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.
    15. A group of dwellings or tenements under one roof and having a common entry.
    16. Lant; urine.
  • verb
    1. To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
    2. To alight, to descend from a vehicle.
    3. To come into rest.
    4. To arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water.
    5. To bring to land.
    6. To acquire; to secure.
    7. To deliver.
  • adjective
    1. Of or relating to land.
    2. Residing or growing on land.

Example Sentences

  • The airplane is about to land at the airport after a long flight.
  • Farmers work tirelessly to cultivate the land and produce crops.
  • As the ship approached the shore, the sailors prepared to land the cargo.
  • Conservation efforts aim to protect endangered species and preserve natural land.
  • After hours of searching, they finally managed to land a big catch while fishing in the lake.

On this page you'll find 280 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to land, such as: abduct, accomplish, accord, accumulate, achieve, acquire, acreage.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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obloquy

  • abasement
  • abuse
  • animadversion
  • aspersion
  • bad press
  • bad-mouthing
  • belittlement
  • billingsgate
  • blackguardism
  • blasphemy
  • blot
  • brand
  • broadside
  • castigation
  • censure
  • chastisement
  • contempt
  • criticism
  • curse
  • debasement
  • debasing
  • defamation
  • degradation
  • deprecation
  • despite
  • diatribe
  • disapprobation
  • disapproval
  • discredit
  • disdain
  • disesteem
  • disfavor
  • disgrace
  • dishonor
  • disparagement
  • disrepute
  • dust
  • epithet
  • excoriation
  • execration
  • expletive
  • fulmination
  • harangue
  • humbling
  • humiliation
  • ignominy
  • imprecation
  • infamy
  • insult
  • invective
  • malediction
  • odium
  • opprobrium
  • polemic
  • profanity
  • put-down
  • rebuke
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reproof
  • revilement
  • scandal
  • scorn
  • scurrility
  • shadow
  • shame
  • slander
  • slur
  • smirch
  • spot
  • stain
  • stigma
  • swearword
  • taint
  • tirade
  • vilification
  • vitriol
  • vituperation

falsehood

backlands

fancies up

  • accessorizes
  • adorns
  • arrays
  • beautifies
  • bedecks
  • bedizens
  • blazons
  • bosses
  • braids
  • brightens
  • caparisons
  • chases
  • decks
  • decorates
  • diamonds
  • does
  • does up
  • dolls up
  • drapes
  • dresses
  • dresses up
  • embellishes
  • emblazes
  • embosses
  • embroiders
  • enriches
  • fancifies
  • feathers
  • festoons
  • figures
  • filigrees
  • fillets
  • flounces
  • freshens
  • frills
  • fringes
  • furbelows
  • garlands
  • garnishes
  • gems
  • gilds
  • graces
  • gussies up
  • hangs
  • impearls
  • jewels
  • laces
  • ornaments
  • paints
  • pearls
  • redecorates
  • redoes
  • ribbons
  • smartens
  • swags
  • traps
  • trims
  • wreathes

Valhallas

  • Elysia
  • Elysiums
  • New Jerusalems
  • Sions
  • Zions
  • above
  • afterlives
  • afterworlds
  • blisses
  • elysian fields
  • empyreans
  • glories
  • happy hunting grounds
  • heavens
  • hereafters
  • kingdom comes
  • nirvanas
  • otherworlds
  • paradises
  • promised lands
  • skies

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