landward

1. 1.

   toward land

   “landward, miles of rough grass marshes melt into low uplands”

   Synonymslandwards

Questions about landward

What does landward mean?

landward means "toward land".

How many syllables are in landward?

landward has 2 syllables: lan-dward. The stress falls on "lan". In IPA it is /ˈlændwɚd/.

What is another word for landward?

Close synonyms include landwards. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is landward a common word?

landward is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.