English Synonym Finder

touching down

Definitions

The act of an aircraft making contact with the ground during landing.

The act of a player in sports like rugby or American football grounding the ball in the opponent's end zone to score points.

Examples

The pilot announced that we would be touching down at Heathrow Airport in approximately twenty minutes.

I felt a wave of relief as the wheels were finally touching down on the runway after the long flight.

Synonyms

landing alighting settling arriving descending grounding

Antonyms

taking off departing ascending lifting off rising launching