TOUCHED DOWN Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

touched down

verb

past tense of touch down

as in perched

to come to rest after descending from the air the plane will touch down in about 30 minutes

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Recent Examples of touched down A little more than a minute later, and before the Delta flight touched down, American Airlines Flight 3161 was cleared to take off on intersecting runway 27, the report said. — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 23 July 2026 The National Weather Service office in Wilmington, which also covers counties in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, will send crews out July 22 to survey damage from the Tuesday storms to determine if tornadoes touched down in those areas. — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 July 2026 The dry spell was broken in July 1997, when the agency's Pathfinder lander touched down in Chryse Planitia, about 530 miles (850 kilometers) from Viking 1. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 20 July 2026 On July 20, 1976, Viking 1—the first successful Mars lander in history—touched down on the red planet. — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026 Skipper and scrumhalf Lucu darted over after a strong run into contact from his hooker Lamothe and touched down on the half-hour to score France’s fourth try, securing a bonus competition point. — ABC News, 18 July 2026 The National Weather Service said a tornado touched down in the northwestern part of San Antonio near Interstate 10. — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 Amanda Pedersen Giske / NTB/AFP via Getty Images The Norway squad touched down to a traditional water cannon salute before commencing their homecoming parade in the capital. — Reuters, NBC news, 14 July 2026 The plane touched down after dark, and everyone was ordered onto another bus. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for touched down

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Needless to say, that would have been unwise for a city with a credit rating perched precariously just above junk status.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
At some point in nearly every match at this summer’s World Cup, the broadcast cameras have found FIFA president Gianni Infantino perched high above the field in a box suite.

— Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026

Definition of perched

Verb

The final leg departed Seattle late that night and landed the next morning in Miami.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
The Kiwi powered his drive into the middle of the fairway and then set up the biggest putt of his golf career so far with an approach shot that landed about 12 feet from the pin.

— Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 19 July 2026