landwards

1. 1.

   toward land

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

   Synonymslandward

Questions about landwards

What does landwards mean?

landwards means "toward land".

How many syllables are in landwards?

landwards has 2 syllables: lan-dwards. The stress falls on "lan".

What is another word for landwards?

Close synonyms include landward. 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 landwards a common word?

landwards is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.