Synonyms of landing

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noun

as in dock

a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers

our families waved good-bye to us from the landing as we left on our honeymoon cruise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dock
• wharf
• pier
• quay
• float
• jetty
• levee
• berth
• mooring
• marina
• quai
• shipyard
• slip
• dockyard
• wharfage
• embarcadero
• quayage

landing

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verb

present participle of land

1

as in arriving

to stop at or near a place along the shore

the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth after exploring Cape Cod Bay

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arriving
• anchoring
• docking
• berthing
• grounding
• mooring
• making port
• tying up
• disembarking
• reaching
• tieing up
• beaching
• debarking
• harboring
• showing up
• turning up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sailing
• launching
• embarking

2

as in coming

to get to a destination

we landed at the hotel just before midnight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arriving
• coming
• appearing
• getting through
• getting in
• reaching
• hitting
• showing up
• turning up
• fetching
• disembarking
• making
• pulling in
• bursting (in or into)
• debarking
• blowing in
• touching down
• checking in
• barging (in)
• waltzing (in)
• breezing (in)
• clocking (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• leaving
• going
• checking out
• fleeing
• clocking (out)
• vamoosing

3

as in disembarking

to go ashore from a ship

the passengers on the cruise landed at St. George in Bermuda

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disembarking
• docking
• debarking
• anchoring
• putting in
• beaching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• getting (on)
• embarking
• boarding
• weighing (anchor)

4

as in perching

to come to rest after descending from the air

our plane is landing in 15 minutes, so we need to put all of our things away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• perching
• alighting
• lighting
• roosting
• settling
• touching down
• crash-landing
• belly-landing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• ascending
• climbing
• arising
• flying
• taking off
• floating
• gliding
• soaring
• blasting off
• hanging
• hovering
• winging
• planing

5

as in earning

to receive as return for effort

because of his work on the boss's pet project, he landed a promotion as well as a raise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• earning
• winning
• gaining
• making
• reaping
• getting
• garnering
• obtaining
• securing
• attaining
• acquiring
• realizing
• capturing
• procuring
• achieving
• carrying
• drawing
• bagging
• bringing in
• pulling down
• coming by
• knocking down
• accomplishing
• scoring
• netting
• occupying
• accumulating
• grossing
• clearing
• regaining
• catching
• amassing
• annexing
• notching (up)
• recapturing
• remaking
• taking over
• racking up
• reacquiring
• picking up
• reattaining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• granting
• giving
• paying
• according
• forfeiting
• yielding
• giving up
• relinquishing
• surrendering
• parting (with)
• handing over

6

as in grabbing

to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly

after struggling for half an hour, the fisherman finally landed a 10-pound bass

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grabbing
• catching
• snatching
• seizing
• getting
• capturing
• trapping
• snagging
• nabbing
• snaring
• nailing
• netting
• hooking
• grappling
• bagging
• rapping
• copping
• corralling
• taking hold (of)
• collaring
• snapping (up)
• clutching
• nobbling
• securing
• holding
• glomming
• arresting
• grasping
• roping
• apprehending
• gripping
• detaining
• cornering
• lassoing
• gloving
• clasping
• kidnapping
• abducting
• haltering
• rending
• kidnaping
• latching (on or onto)
• baying
• entrapping
• meshing
• wresting
• fastening (on)
• entangling
• fisting
• ensnaring
• enmeshing
• spiriting (away or off)
• immeshing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• discharging
• releasing
• freeing
• liberating
• dropping
• loosening
• unhanding