Synonyms of landings

landings

noun

plural of landing

as in docks

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

• docks
• wharves
• piers
• quays
• jetties
• floats
• levees
• berths
• marinas
• quais
• moorings
• shipyards
• dockyards
• slips
• embarcaderos
• wharfages
• quayages

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of landings

Kasdin said Griffin hired a sound expert to simulate how much noise the helicopter would generate during takeoffs and landings. — Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

We were taught by a gruff cockney called Fred Waring, who had participated in the D-Day landings in a regiment that had fought its way across Europe towards Berlin and liberated the concentration camp at Belsen. — Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026

Its main runway is the busiest in the country, with over 800 daily takeoffs and landings, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority. — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

More underfoot area will facilitated flatter landings while having more chances to spread your feet’s landing force, versus concentrating it. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026

Six different Falcon 9 first stages now have more than 30 launches and landings under their belt, led by Booster 1067, which has flown a whopping 37 times. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Where that gesture followed the Normandy landings and the Marshall Plan, this one arrives after ten years of Franco-British froideur. — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

There are five switchback landings with interpretive displays, benches and new ways to view the river and the falls. — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Rescue efforts across the country have been hampered by continuous rain, destroyed bridges and thick mud that makes helicopter landings difficult. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026