aground

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of AGROUND

resting on the shore or bottom of a body of water <the villagers came to stare at the foreign ship that was aground on their beach and at the strangely dressed sailors on board>

Synonyms beached, grounded, stranded

Related Words landed; alongshore; high and dry

Near Antonyms offshore

Antonyms afloat

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