SEASIDE Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of seaside

as in waterside

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Recent Examples of seaside

Adjective

The neighborhood/area The hotel is situated on the north side of a quiet, seaside neighborhood called Agia Pelagia. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026

Noun

What’s striking is that these drag classes are happening in the kind of English seaside town that voted strongly for Brexit – and where, in the decade since, the hard-right Reform UK has become a major political force. — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 On Tuesday evening, an Israeli strike on a busy seaside cafe killed seven Palestinians, including a child, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seaside

Recent Examples of Synonyms for seaside

Adjective

Stay off of jetties, piers, rocks, and other waterside infrastructure.

— Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
However, it is always recommended to stay off jetties, piers, rocks and other waterside infrastructure.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2026

Definition of waterside

Noun

Though a seashore and park can be different in some respects, two laws dating to the 1970s direct the National Park Service to manage and regulate parks and seashores using the same standards.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Long after all humans have vanished from our planet, some extragalactic visitors might land gently on an empty seashore, throw a bucket into the sea and haul up samples of bacteria.

— Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of seashore

Noun

Thankfully, there is a fleet of golf carts available to whisk you up from the beach to your room, making this more accessible for travelers with low mobility.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
Federal and local officials are investigating after a banner plane crashed into the water off a popular Florida beach on Thursday morning.

— Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of beach

Adjective

Of course, that also means a bustling boardwalk with beachside bars, shops, and restaurants—this is the Jersey Shore, after all.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026
Expenses for the fest were formidable — the beachside main event required fencing, flooring, stage builds, environmental mitigation, sanitation and more on a stretch of sand that had never hosted a comparable event.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of beachside

Noun

Outside, the landscape is a familiar tapestry of yellowing grasses, eucalyptus, oaks, and waves from a west-facing seacoast.

— Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
There have been multiple sightings of a black bear in some unusual locations on the seacoast of New Hampshire and in southern Maine.

— Neal Riley, CBS News, 9 June 2026

Definition of seacoast

Noun

Add a day trip or two to see more of Oregon’s Pacific seaboard.

— Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
In the 1700s, when West Africans were shackled and shipped to the South Carolina–Georgia seaboard, some were forced to work in rice paddies, in cotton fields, and on indigo plantations, where the moist climate resembled that of their homelands.

— jeanne malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Definition of seaboard

Noun

The incident was reported Tuesday, off the Omani coast, the UKMTO said, which added that the resulting fire had been extinguished, all crew members were reported safe, and an investigation was underway.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Silversea Cruises’ Silver Whisper also helped rescue a man from a disabled sailing vessel nearly 500 miles off the Oregon coast in late May.

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

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