TOUCHING DOWN Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

touching down

verb

present participle of touch down

as in perching

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 touching down The switch was revealed when a Secret Service agent resembling Clinton stepped out of Air Force One upon touching down in Pakistan, while Clinton disembarked from the second aircraft. — Tiago Ventura, Time, 12 Aug. 2026 Video from his dash camera shows the aircraft gliding under a highway sign, missing it by mere feet, before touching down in the empty lanes. — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026 A day after Smith-Schuster and Kruk’s nuptials, on July 12, Kelce was photographed touching down in Swift’s private jet in Palm Beach, Florida. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 18 July 2026 The pilot could be seen being brought from the airplane to a nearby ambulance within minutes of the flight touching down. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 24 June 2026 The company’s president and CEO Travis Knight, and Wildwood director, will accompany the exhibition, touching down in Annecy for the first time. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 June 2026 After touching down at Charles de Gaulle Airport, the pair of besties wander the city, hitting flea markets and clubs alike. — Alexandra Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026 Now, less than a week after touching down in the Bay, the Valkyries are ready to start collecting on their investment. — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 26 May 2026 The video opens with Rock touching down at an airport on a private jet. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 2 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for touching down

Verb

Blue dashers perch on short reeds and grasses to wait for prey, but each species of perching dragonfly has its own preference for perch height and type.

— Rachel Sargent Mirus, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
Sandy was spotted later in the day perching on top of a sugar pine tree.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 July 2026

Definition of perching

Verb

While sharing her beauty secrets with Vogue, the Bollywood star sets the mood by lighting a Dolce & Gabbana candle.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2026
Jarvis spent nearly three and a half years in state custody after being charged with arson for lighting his stepdad’s three-wheeler on fire.

— Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026