Word

land, n.
(lands)
freq. cnt. 74

the land on which real estate is located
<noun.possession> freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 22

land

sample sentences

"he built the house on land leased from the city"

semantic pointers

hypernym

real estate, real property, realty, immovable

hyponym

farmstead homestead no man's land

material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
<noun.object> freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 3

ground land soil

sample sentences

"the land had never been plowed"
"good agricultural soil"

semantic pointers

hypernym

object, physical object

hyponym

badlands bottomland, bottom coastland cultivated land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage, tilth overburden permafrost polder rangeland scablands sod, sward, turf, greensward wetland

territory over which rule or control is exercised
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 2

demesne domain land

sample sentences

"his domain extended into Europe"
"he made it the law of the land"

semantic pointers

part holonym

country, land, state

hypernym

region

hyponym

archduchy barony duchy, dukedom earldom emirate empire, imperium fiefdom grand duchy viscounty khanate kingdom, realm principality, princedom sheikdom, sheikhdom suzerainty

the solid part of the earth's surface
<noun.object> freq. cnt.: 116 freq. cnt.: 86 freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 1

dry land earth ground land solid ground terra firma

sample sentences

"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"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ground ground ground ground ground ground

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

earth

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

land land land land land

semantic pointers

hypernym

object, physical object

instance hyponym

America

hyponym

archipelago beachfront cape, ness coastal plain floor foreland forest, woodland, timberland, timber island isthmus landmass, land mass mainland neck oxbow peninsula field, plain, champaign slash wonderland

part holonym

earth, world, globe, Earth

the territory occupied by a nation
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 36 freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 7

country land state

sample sentences

"he returned to the land of his birth"
"he visited several European countries"

semantic pointers

hypernym

administrative district, administrative division, territorial division

hyponym

banana republic native land, homeland, motherland, mother country, fatherland, country of origin buffer state, buffer country kingdom tax haven European country, European nation African country, African nation Asian country, Asian nation South American country, South American nation North American country, North American nation sultanate

member meronym

department state, province

part meronym

land, domain, demesne midland

instance hyponym

Antigua and Barbuda Cape Verde, Republic of Cape Verde Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon Comoros, Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros Cuba, Republic of Cuba Haiti, Republic of Haiti Dominican Republic Jamaica Barbados Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica East Timor Fiji, Republic of Fiji Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion Etruria Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT Marshall Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands Tuvalu Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati Nauru, Republic of Nauru Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Papua New Guinea Bahamas, Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Bahama Islands Burkina Faso, Upper Volta Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia, Dutch East Indies Grenada Maldives, Republic of Maldives Malta, Republic of Malta Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius New Zealand Palau, Republic of Palau, TT Philippines, Republic of the Philippines Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Christopher-Nevis, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia, St. Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa, Independent State of Samoa, Western Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome e Principe, Sao Thome e Principe, St. Thomas and Principe Seychelles, Republic of Seychelles Solomon Islands Rus Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR Russia, Russian Federation Ukraine, Ukrayina Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Turkmen, Turkmenia Tonga, Kingdom of Tonga, Friendly Islands Turkey, Republic of Turkey Vanuatu, Republic of Vanuatu, New Hebrides

the people who live in a nation or country
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 2

country land nation

sample sentences

"a statement that sums up the nation's mood"
"the news was announced to the nation"
"the whole country worshipped him"

semantic pointers

hypernym

people

member meronym

national, subject

hyponym

Dutch, Dutch people British, British people, Brits English, English people Irish, Irish people French, French people Spanish, Spanish people Swiss, Swiss people

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
<noun.possession> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

acres demesne estate land landed estate

sample sentences

"the family owned a large estate on Long Island"

semantic pointers

hyponym

freehold glebe leasehold smallholding homestead fief, feoff barony countryseat Crown land manor seigneury, seigniory, signory hacienda plantation entail

hypernym

real estate, real property, realty, immovable

a domain in which something is dominant
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

kingdom land realm

sample sentences

"the untroubled kingdom of reason"
"a land of make-believe"
"the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"

semantic pointers

hypernym

area, field, sphere, domain, orbit, arena

hyponym

lotusland, lotus land

a politically organized body of people under a single government
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 125 freq. cnt.: 68 freq. cnt.: 33 freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

body politic commonwealth country land nation res publica state

sample sentences

"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"

semantic pointers

hyponym

commonwealth country developing country Dominion foreign country Reich rogue state, renegade state, rogue nation suzerain sea power great power, power, world power, major power, superpower city state, city-state ally

part meronym

estate of the realm, estate, the three estates

hypernym

political unit, political entity

instance hyponym

Eelam, Tamil Eelam

agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
<noun.act>

farming land

sample sentences

"farming is a strenuous life"
"there's no work on the land any more"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

farm

semantic pointers

hypernym

job, business, occupation, line, line of work