Land definition

Land as a noun

1. the land on which real estate is located

   "he built the house on land leased from the city"

2. material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

   "the land had never been plowed"

   Same sense: ground, soil

3. territory over which rule or control is exercised

   "he made it the law of the land"

   Same sense: domain, demesne

4. the solid part of the earth's surface

   "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"

   Same sense: ground, earth, dry land, solid ground, terra firma

5. the territory occupied by a nation

   "he returned to the land of his birth"

   Same sense: state, country

6. a domain in which something is dominant

   "a land of make-believe"

   Same sense: kingdom, realm

7. extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for their own use

   Same sense: estate, acres, landed estate, demesne

8. the people who live in a nation or country

   Same sense: country, nation

9. a politically organized body of people under a single government

   "an industrialized land"

   Same sense: state, country, nation, commonwealth, body politic, res publica

10. agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

    "there's no work on the land any more"

    Same sense: farming

Land as a verb

11. reach or come to rest

    "The bird landed on the highest branch"

    Same sense: set down

12. cause to come to the ground

    "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"

    Same sense: put down, bring down

13. bring into a different state

    "this may land you in jail"

    Same sense: bring

14. bring ashore

    "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"

15. deliver (a blow)

    "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"

16. arrive on shore

    "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"

    Same sense: shore, set ashore

17. shoot at and force to come down

    "the enemy landed several of our aircraft"

    Same sense: down, shoot down

Synonyms and antonyms

• ground definition
• soil
• domain
• demesne
• earth
• dry land
• solid ground
• terra firma
• state definition
• country definition
• kingdom
• realm
• estate
• acres
• landed estate
• nation
• commonwealth
• body politic
• res publica
• farming
• set down
• put down
• bring down
• bring definition

All synonyms of land, sense by sense

How to say land

Land has 1 syllable and rhymes with hand. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with land

• hand
• understand
• stand
• band
• grand
• demand
• brand
• command
• planned
• sand
• banned
• expand

LAND in word games

Scrabble

5

Words With Friends

7

Anagrams

0

Is LAND a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check LAND in the word checker, or unscramble LAND to see the shorter words in its letters.