Synonyms of terra firma

terra firma

noun

ˌter-ə-ˈfər-mə 

as in soil

the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air

after that nightmarish storm, the sailors were grateful to reach terra firma

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soil
• land
• ground
• earth
• dirt
• dust
• continent
• island
• zone
• peninsula
• mainland
• landmass
• isthmus

Examples of terra firma in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Having already witnessed the birth of the Antichrist and the first rampage of the Strangers, audiences will get a close gander at the moment when the extraterrestrial good listeners of A Quiet Place started tearing across our terra firma. —A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2024

Turtles also spent time both in the lake and on terra firma. —Kristi Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024

Jupiter has a strange core As a gas giant, Jupiter isn’t terra firma—all the way down to its fuzzy core. —Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024

Each of the contemporary pieces, anonymously strung like shaky rope bridges between the comparative terra firma of the Bach movements, struggled to cloak the rocky, inhospitable terroir of their respective origins. —Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024