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| Main Entry: | land |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earth's surface; ownable property |
| Synonyms: | acreage, area, beach, continent, country, countryside, dirt, district, earth, estate, expanse, extent, farming, field, ground, grounds, home, homeland, mainland, manor, nation, parcel, plot, province, purlieu, quarry, ranch, real estate, region, shore, sod, soil, stretch, sweep, terra firma, terrain, territory, tract, acres, farmland, holding, loam, old sod, quinta, realty, tillage |
| Antonyms: | sea, sky |
| Main Entry: | land |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrive, come to rest on |
| Synonyms: | alight, berth, bring in, check in, come down, come in, disembark, ditch, dock, get down, ground, pilot, put down, settle, steer, take down, thump, come ashore, come to berth, debark, descend upon, drop anchor, flatten out, level off, light on, make land, put in, set down, set on deck, sit down, splash down, touch down |
| Antonyms: | ascend, take off |
| Main Entry: | land |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve, acquire |
| Synonyms: | annex, bring in, gain, get, have, obtain, pick up, procure, secure, win |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma., continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta; tongue of land, neck of land; isthmus, oasis; promontory (projection) [more]; highland (height) [more]., 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) [more]; 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) [more]; 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, grab, have, hustle, land, pick up, procure, promote, rack up*, secure, snag*, take, wangle*, win, get hands on, get hold of, latch onto, lock up, scare up, take possession of |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | capture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch and forcefully hold |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, arrest, bag*, bust*, catch, collar, conquer, cop, get, grab*, hook*, land, nab*, nail*, net, occupy, overwhelm, pick up*, pinch*, pull in, round up*, run in*, secure, seize, snare, snatch, take, take into custody, trap, tumble, gain control, prehend, put the cuffs on, take captive, take prisoner |
| Antonyms: | free, liberate, lose, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enter place |
| Synonyms: | alight, appear, arrive, disembark, finish, immigrate, intrude, land, reach, show up, cross threshold, pass in, set foot in |
| Antonyms: | depart, exit, go, leave |
| Main Entry: | countryside |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | non-city environment |
| Synonyms: | country, environment, land, landscape, scenery, setting, surroundings, terrain, back roads, boonies, non-urban area, sticks |
| Main Entry: | disembark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get off transportation |
| Synonyms: | alight, anchor, arrive, dismount, land, come ashore, debark, deplane, detrain, go ashore, put in, step out of |
| Antonyms: | embark, get on, leave |
| Main Entry: | domain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of expertise, rule |
| Synonyms: | authority, bailiwick, concern, department, discipline, district, dominion, empire, estate, field, jurisdiction, land, neck of the woods, occupation, orbit*, power, province, quarter, realm, region, scope, slot, specialty, sphere, terrain, territory, turf, walk, wing, demesne, home park, stomping grounds |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acquire, win |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, advance, ameliorate, annex, attain, augment, benefit, boost, bring in, build up, capture, clear, collect, complete, consummate, earn, enlarge, enlist, expand, fulfill, gather, get, glean, grow, harvest, have, improve, increase, land, make, net, obtain, overtake, parlay, perfect, pick up, procure, produce, profit, progress, promote, rack up*, reach, realize, reap, score*, secure, succeed, make a killing, move forward, win over |
| Antonyms: | exhaust, forfeit, lose, miss, pass, spend, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infiltrate; find a way in |
| Synonyms: | alight, appear, arrive, come, embark, enter, include, insert, interpose, land, mount, penetrate, reach, show, show up, turn up, blow in*, gain ingress, get inside |
| Antonyms: | get out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | latch on to |
| Synonyms: | capture, catch, catch hold of, clutch, collar*, corral*, get one's fingers on, get one's hands on, glom, grapple, grasp, grip, hook, land, lay one's hands on, nab, nail, pluck, seize, snag, snap up, snatch, take, take hold of |
| Antonyms: | let go, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | marry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become husband and wife in legal ceremony |
| Synonyms: | ally, associate, become one, bond, catch*, combine, conjoin, conjugate, contract, couple, drop anchor, espouse, get hitched, get married, join, knit, land*, lead to altar, link, match, mate, merge, one, pledge, plight one's troth, promise, relate, settle down, take vows, tie, tie the knot*, unify, unite, walk down aisle, wed, yoke |
| Antonyms: | divorce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | marry and breed |
| Synonyms: | cohabit, copulate, couple, generate, join, land*, match, merge, pair, procreate, serve, tie, tie the knot*, wed, yoke, crossbreed |
| Antonyms: | abstain, uncouple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | country with its own government |
| Synonyms: | body politic, commonwealth, community, democracy, domain, dominion, empire, land, monarchy, people, populace, population, public, race, realm, republic, society, sovereignty, state, tribe, union, principality |
| Main Entry: | perch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sit atop of |
| Synonyms: | alight, balance, land, light, rest, roost, settle, squat, set down, sit on, touch down |
| Antonyms: | lower |
| Main Entry: | premises |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grounds and buildings |
| Synonyms: | campus, establishment, fix, flat, hangout*, home, house, joint*, land, lay, layout, neck of the woods, office, pad, place, plant, property, real estate*, roof, scene, site, spot, terrace, turf, zone, bounds, digs, limits |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | procure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | acquire, obtain |
| Synonyms: | annex, appropriate, bring around, buy, come by, compass, cop*, corral, draw, earn, effect, find, gain, get, grab, have, induce, land*, persuade, pick up, promote, purchase, score, secure, solicit, wangle, win, buy out, buy up, get hold of, latch on to, lay hands on, make a haul, manage to get, prevail upon |
| Antonyms: | give away, have, lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ranch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | farm |
| Synonyms: | acreage, estate, hacienda, land, plantation, cattle farm, dairy farm, farmstead, homestead |
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