landing [lan-ding]
Main Entry:
land [land]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: arrive, come to rest on
Synonyms: alight, berth, bring in, check in, come ashore, come down, come in, come to berth, debark, descend upon, disembark, ditch, dock, drop anchor, flatten out, get down, ground, level off, light on, make land, pilot, put down, put in, set down, set on deck, settle, sit down, splash down, steer, take down, thump, touch down
Antonyms: ascend, take off
Main Entry: landing
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: harbor
Synonyms: anchorage, berth, dock, jetty, landing place, marina, pier, platform, quay, slip, wharf
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Land.
Category: 2. Fluid matter; specific fluids
Synonyms:
-nouns
land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma., continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta; tongue of land, neck of land; isthmus, oasis; promontory (projection); highland (height)., coast, shore, scar, strand, beach; playa; bank, lea; seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach; ironbound coast; loom of the land; derelict; innings; alluvium , alluvion; anicon., soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot; rock, crag., acres; real estate (property); landsman.
-verbs
land, come to land, set foot on the soil, set foot on dry land; come ashore, go ashore, debark.
-adjectives
earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian; alluvial; terrene (world); landed, predial, territorial; geophilous; repicolous.
-adverbs
ashore; on shore, on land.
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Main Entry: acquire
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: obtain or receive
Synonyms: access, achieve, amass, annex, attain, bring in, buy, catch, collect, cop, corral*, earn, gain, gather, get, get hands on, get hold of, grab, have, hustle, land, latch onto, lock up, pick up, procure, promote, rack up, scare up, secure, snag*, take, take possession of, wangle, win
Notes: a person or thing is the subject of (acquire) the acquiring process; a person or thing is the object or goal of (accrue) the accruing process
Antonyms: fail, forfeit, forgo, lose, relinquish, surrender, yield
Main Entry: approach
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: way, means of arriving
Synonyms: access, accession, advance, advent, avenue, coming, drawing near, entrance, gate, landing, nearing, passage, path, reaching, road, way
Antonyms: departure, distancing, leaving
Main Entry: arrival
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: coming to a destination
Synonyms: accession, advent, alighting, appearance, approach, arriving, debarkation, disembarkation, dismounting, entrance, happening, homecoming, influx, ingress, landing, meeting, occurrence, return
Antonyms: departure, disappearance, leave
Main Entry: arrive
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: come to a destination
Synonyms: access, alight, appear, attain, barge in, blow in, bob up, breeze in, bust in, buzz*, check in, clock in, disembark, dismount, drop anchor, drop in, enter, fall by, fall in, get to, hit town, hit*, land*, make it, make the scene, pop in, pop up, pull in, punch the clock, reach, report, roll in, show, show up, sign in, sky in, take place, turn up, visit, wind up at
Antonyms: depart, disappear, go, leave
Main Entry: bag
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: catch
Synonyms: acquire, apprehend, capture, collar, gain, get, hook, kill, land, nab, nail, net, seize, shoot, take, trap
Antonyms: lose
Main Entry: buy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bribe
Synonyms: corrupt, fix, grease palm, have, land, lubricate, oil palm, ransom, reach, redeem, sop, square, suborn, tamper
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