Need another word that means the same as “sea”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “sea” in this overview.
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The synonyms of “Sea” are: ocean, the ocean, the waves, marine, oceanic, wave, breaker, roller, comber, billow, expanse, stretch, span, area, tract, sweep, blanket, sheet, carpet, mass
Sea as a Noun
Definitions of "Sea" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “sea” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- A roughly definable area of the sea.
- Used to refer to waves as opposed to calm sea.
- A large lake.
- Anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume.
- The expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its land masses.
- A division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land.
- A vast expanse or quantity of something.
- Turbulent water with swells of considerable size.
- Large waves.
Synonyms of "Sea" as a noun (20 Words)
area | A sunken enclosure giving access to the basement of a building. The area steps. |
billow | A large sea wave. |
blanket | A large piece of woollen or similar material used as a covering on a bed or elsewhere for warmth. There was a blanket of snow. |
breaker | A person who interrupts a conversation on a Citizens’ Band radio channel, indicating that they wish to transmit a message. A rule breaker. |
carpet | A natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet. A carpet of flowers. |
comber | A long curling sea wave. The combers glassy blue green moved slowly in. |
expanse | A wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky. The green expanse of the forest. |
marine | A soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land. A contingent of 2 000 marines. |
mass | The celebration of the Eucharist. A huge ice mass. |
ocean | A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere. She had oceans of energy. |
oceanic | An eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages. |
roller | Relating to or involving roller skates. It s best to put rollers in when hair is slightly damp after washing. |
sheet | A quantity of text or other information contained on a sheet of paper. A sheet of unmarked paper. |
span | The wingspan of an aircraft or a bird. A short concentration span. |
stretch | A stretch limo. Beyond any stretch of his understanding. |
sweep | A sweepstake. The whole sweep of the history of the USSR. |
the ocean | Anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume. |
the waves | A persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures. |
tract | A major passage in the body, large bundle of nerve fibres, or other continuous elongated anatomical structure or region. It took courage to privatize vast tracts of nationalized industry. |
wave | A shape regarded as resembling a breaking wave. A heat wave. |
Usage Examples of "Sea" as a noun
- Heavy seas.
- Rocky bays lapped by vivid blue sea.
- She scanned the sea of faces for Stephen.
- There was still some sea running.
- The Black Sea.
- A ban on dumping radioactive wastes in the sea.
- The Sea of Galilee.
- A sea view.
- The lifeboat met seas of thirty-five feet head-on.
Associations of "Sea" (30 Words)
bay | A small recess opening off a larger room. He opened the bomb bay. |
beach | Of an angler land a fish on a beach. Competitive procurement seems to have beached several firms. |
coast | A slope down which sleds may coast. They were coasting down a long hill. |
coastal | Of or relating to a coast. Coastal marshes. |
dolphin | A bollard, pile, or buoy for mooring boats. |
dune | A ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans. A sand dune. |
fish | Catch or try to catch fish or shellfish. He is generally thought to be a bit of a cold fish. |
fisherman | A person who catches fish for a living or for sport. |
fishery | A place where fish are reared for commercial purposes. |
foreshore | The part of a shore between high- and low-water marks, or between the water and cultivated or developed land. |
freshwater | Water that is not salty. Freshwater and marine fish. |
gulf | A large difference or division between two people or groups, or between viewpoints, concepts, or situatios. The widening gulf between the rich and the poor. |
herring | Valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled. |
lagoon | A stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank or coral reef. |
lake | Any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments. The fish was served in a lake of spicy sauce. |
loch | Scottish word for a lake. Loch Lomond. |
mackerel | Flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish. |
marine | A member of a body of troops trained to serve on land or sea, in particular (in the UK) a member of the Royal Marines or (in the US) a member of the Marine Corps. Marine painters. |
maritime | Bordering on the sea. A maritime province. |
nautical | Of or concerning navigation, sailors, or the sea; maritime. Nautical charts. |
ocean | A very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically. She had oceans of energy. |
offshore | Away from shore; away from land. This huge stretch of coastline is dominated by offshore barrier islands. |
salmon | Any of a number of fishes resembling the salmon. Cotton checked throw in cream and salmon pink. |
seashore | The land between high- and low-water marks. |
shark | A small SE Asian freshwater fish with a tail resembling that of a shark popular in aquaria. A card shark. |
shore | Serve as a shore to. Record companies have been anxious to import the music to American shores. |
underwater | Submerged; flooded. An epidemic of underwater mortgages. |
waterfront | The area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water. Liverpool s waterfront. |
whale | Hunt for whales. |
whaler | A seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales. |