landing

The word “landing” has 2 syllables: land-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈlændɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for landing?

In the thesaurus, “landing” has 137 synonyms and 46 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for landing

abducting
accomplishing
accumulating
achieving
acquiring
alighting
amassing
anchorage
anchoring
annexing
appearing
apprehending
arresting
arrival
arriving
attaining
bagging
baying
beaching
belly-landing
berth
berthing
blowing in
bringing in
capturing
carrying
catching
checking in
clasping
clearing
clutching
collaring
coming
coming by
copping
cornering
corralling
crash-landing
debarking
detaining
disembarking
dock
docking
dockyard
drawing
earning
embarcadero
enmeshing
ensnaring
entangling
entrapping
fetching
fisting
float
gaining
garnering
getting
getting in
getting through
glomming
gloving
grabbing
grappling
grasping
gripping
grossing
grounding
haltering
harboring
hitting
holding
hooking
immeshing
jetty
kidnaping
kidnapping
knocking down
landing place
lassoing
levee
lighting
making
making port
marina
meshing
mooring
nabbing
nailing
netting
nobbling
obtaining
occupying
perching
picking up
pier
platform
procuring
pulling down
pulling in
putting in
quai
quay
quayage
racking up
rapping
reaching
reacquiring
realizing
reaping
reattaining
recapturing
regaining
remaking
rending
roosting
roping
scoring
securing
seizing
settling
shipyard
showing up
slip
snagging
snaring
snatching
taking over
termination
tieing up
touching down
trapping
turning up
tying up
wharf
wharfage
winning
wresting

Antonyms for landing

according
arising
ascending
ascent
blasting off
blastoff
boarding
checking out
climbing
discharging
dropping
embarking
fleeing
floating
flying
forfeiting
freeing
giving
giving up
gliding
going
granting
handing over
hanging
hovering
launching
leaving
liberating
liftoff
loosening
losing
missing
paying
planing
releasing
relinquishing
rising
sailing
soaring
surrendering
takeoff
taking off
unhanding
vamoosing
winging
yielding

Meanings of landing

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.
noun
1. Corridor.
2. Coming to a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
3. A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.
4. A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

Example Sentences

The airplane made a smooth landing at the airport after a long flight.
The astronaut prepared for the spacecraft's landing on the surface of the moon.
The helicopter pilot executed a precise landing on the helipad amidst challenging weather conditions.
The bird gracefully glided to a gentle landing on the branch of the tree.
The paratroopers trained extensively for their upcoming landing behind enemy lines.

On this page you'll find 183 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to landing, such as: abducting, accomplishing, according, accumulating, achieving, acquiring, alighting.

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