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Synonyms for seashore

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

2. Foreshore — the foreshore, the strip of land between low water and high water

foreshore, littoral, intertidal zone

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The foreshore, the strip of land between low water and high water.

  2. n. 2

    The coastal land bordering a sea or an ocean.

Related words

Is a kind of
shore coast strand

Forms

Plural
seashores → sea-coasts, coasts, seasides, beaches…

Example sentences

  • seaside As a boy, he would go to the seaside every summer.
  • coastline They explored the caves along the rocky coastline.
  • seaboard The storm moved quickly along the eastern seaboard.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
seashorefalling
seasiderising
coastlinesteady
seaboardfalling
littoralfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
coast1, beach1, shore1
6 letters
strand1
7 letters
seaside2
8 letters
seaboard2, littoral3
9 letters
coastline2, foreshore, seastrand2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (seaside2 = 2 syllables).