Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun foreland
2 senses of foreland
Sense 1
promontory, headland, head, foreland -- (a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea))
=> natural elevation, elevation -- (a raised or elevated geological formation)
Sense 2
foreland -- (land forming the forward margin of something)
=> land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma -- (the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground")