Definition for Headland:

• A point of land running out into the sea, like a head, a cape: in agri. a " land" or set ploughed at each end of a ploughed field and at right angles with the body of the ploughing.

Synonyms for Headland:

• n.

  •
  • bank,
  • Bund,
  • catchment area,
  • bight,
  • bay,
  • coast,
  • beach,
  • coastline,
  • basin.
  •bluff (noun)
  • cliff.
  •cape (noun)
  • forelands,
  • chersoneses,
  • nazes,
  • jutties.
  •headland (noun)
  • promontory.
  •high land area (noun)
  • strip,
  • peak,
  • spit.
  •hill (noun)
  • in-cline,
  • in cline,
  • rising grounds,
  • in clines,
  • eskers,
  • in-clines.
  •hillock (noun)
  • hillock.
  •point (noun)
  • pin points.
  •prominence (noun)
  • conspicuousnesses,
  • conspicuities,
  • markednesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • agronomy,
  • awn,
  • bluff,
  • cape,
  • conspicuousness,
  • crag,
  • elevation,
  • foreland,
  • geography,
  • high point,
  • highland,
  • highlands,
  • hill,
  • hillside,
  • hilltop,
  • hummock,
  • jetty,
  • natural elevation,
  • nature,
  • naze,
  • ness,
  • nib,
  • peninsula,
  • point,
  • prominence,
  • ridge,
  • sticker,
  • stiletto,
  • sword,
  • talus,
  • tor,
  • upland,
  • Butte,
  • Chersonese,
  • Esker,
  • Jutty,
  • Mucro,
  • Tali,
  • Conspicuity,
  • Stilettos,
  • Moles,
  • mountains,
  • stilettoes,
  • crags,
  • NIBS,
  • AWNS,
  • TORS,
  • buttes,
  • hummocks,
  • taluses,
  • Downs,
  • stickers,
  • nesses,
  • mucronation,
  • uplands,
  • rising ground,
  • high points,
  • hillsides,
  • hilltops,
  • markedness,
  • pin point,
  • prickler,
  • pricklers.

Paraphrases for Headland:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    promontory.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    chap, tip.

Headland Sentence Examples:

• She went for another day on the headland.

• When the breeze again sprung up, it was from an adverse quarter, but these vessels steer so close to the wind, that this was disregarded: by midnight, however, the wind had increased to a gale, and before they were clear of the N. E. headland of Tidore, it blew a hurricane, and many were washed off into the sea from the different craft, and those who could not swim, sank, and were drowned.