Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun land

11 senses of land

Sense 1
land -- (the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city")
       => real property, real estate, realty, immovable -- (property consisting of houses and land)

Sense 2
land, ground, soil -- (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"; "good agricultural soil")
       => object, physical object -- (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects")

Sense 3
domain, demesne, land -- (territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land")
       => region -- (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions")

Sense 4
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")
       => object, physical object -- (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects")

Sense 5
country, state, land -- (the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries")
       => administrative district, administrative division, territorial division -- (a district defined for administrative purposes)

Sense 6
kingdom, land, realm -- (a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south")
       => sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena -- (a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit")

Sense 7
estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne -- (extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island")
       => real property, real estate, realty, immovable -- (property consisting of houses and land)

Sense 8
nation, land, country -- (the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him")
       => people -- ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience")

Sense 9
state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic -- (a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land")
       => political unit, political entity -- (a unit with political responsibilities)

Sense 10
Land, Din Land, Edwin Herbert Land -- (United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991))
       INSTANCE OF=> inventor, discoverer, artificer -- (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
       INSTANCE OF=> industrialist -- (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)

Sense 11
farming, land -- (agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more")
       => occupation, business, job, line of work, line -- (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb land

7 senses of land

Sense 1
land, set down -- (reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul")
       => arrive, get, come -- (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight")

Sense 2
land, put down, bring down -- (cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely")
       => arrive, get, come -- (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight")

Sense 3
bring, land -- (bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 4
land -- (bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island")
       => bring, convey, take -- (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point")

Sense 5
land -- (deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head")
       => deliver, drive home -- (carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left")

Sense 6
land, set ashore, shore -- (arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor")
       => arrive, get, come -- (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight")

Sense 7
down, shoot down, land -- (shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft")