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Roget's Thesaurus

#342. Land

Nouns

land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma. continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese [Fr.], delta; tongue of land, neck of land; isthmus, oasis; promontory etc. (projection) 250; highland etc. (height) 206. coast, shore, scar, strand, beach; playa; bank, lea; seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach; ironbound coast; loom of the land; derelict; innings; alluvium, alluvion; ancon. riverbank, river bank, levee. soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot; rock, crag. acres; real estate etc. (property) 780; 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 etc. (world) 318; landed, predial, territorial; geophilous; ripicolous.

Adverbs

ashore; on shore, on land.


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