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SEA: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SEA?

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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Sea as a Noun
Definitions of "Sea" as a noun
Synonyms of "Sea" as a noun (20 Words)
Usage Examples of "Sea" as a noun
Associations of "Sea" (30 Words)

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.