touchdown Synonyms

touchdown Meaning

Wordnet

touchdown (n)

a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line

a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes

Webster

touchdown (n.)

The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal .

FAQs About the word touchdown

a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line, a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of

light, land,perch, settle, roost,alight, crash-land,belly-land

climb, plane, plane, arise, ascend, climb, blast off, rise, ascend, take off

The plane made a smooth touchdown on the tarmac.

The quarterback ran the ball into the end zone for a touchdown.

The spacecraft successfully touched down on the surface of Mars.

The shuttle made a flawless touchdown after a daring mission.