coastal

coas·tal
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UK/ˈkəʊstəl/US/ˈkoʊstəl/

adjective

Relating to the coast; on or near the coast; longshore.

“coastal town”

Opposite
CommonScrabble 9

Meanings

coastal1

adjectivecoastal (comparative more coastal, superlative most coastal)

comparative more coastal · superlative most coastal

  1. geographyRelating to the coast; on or near the coast; longshore.

    coastal town

    4 more examples

    coastal breeze

    coastal elites

    These included other Niphargus species from deep cave lakes and coastal anchihaline caves [23 ] and Gammarus and Echinogammarus amphipods that live only in permanently watered streams [21 ,24 ].

    2015 July 31, “Morphologically Cryptic Amphipod Species Are “Ecological Clones” at Regional but Not at Local Scale: A Case Study of Four Niphargus Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2022

    Another ANC splinter party, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK), led by former President Jacob Zuma appears to be on course to do well in KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern coastal province where Durban is located.

    2024 May 30, Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, “First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift since apartheid”, in CNN, archived from the original on 14 May 2025

Coastal2

proper noun
  1. informalCoastal Carolina University.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivelocated on or near or bordering on a coast

Opposite

adjectivealong or following a coast

Similar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latincosta
  2. Old Frenchcoste
  3. Middle Englishcoste
  4. Englishcoast
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. Englishcoastal

From coast + -al. Piecewise doublet of costal.

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Translations

Catalan coster, costaner
  • costerrelating to the coast
  • costanerrelating to the coast
  • costalrelating to the coast
Danish kystnær
  • kystnærrelating to the coast
French côtier
  • côtierrelating to the coast
German Küsten-
  • Küsten-relating to the coast
Greek παράκτιος, παραλιακός
  • παράκτιος (paráktios)relating to the coast
  • παραλιακός (paraliakós)relating to the coast
Hindi तटीय, तटवर्ती
  • तटीय (taṭīya)relating to the coast
  • तटवर्ती (taṭvartī)relating to the coast
Hungarian parti
  • partirelating to the coast
Italian costiero, litoraneo
  • costierorelating to the coast
  • litoraneorelating to the coast
  • rivierascorelating to the coast
Norwegian Bokmål kystnær
  • kystnærrelating to the coast
Polish przybrzeżny
  • przybrzeżnyrelating to the coast
Portuguese costeiro
  • costeirorelating to the coast
Romanian costier
  • costierrelating to the coast
Russian берегово́й, прибре́жный
  • берегово́й (beregovój)relating to the coast
  • прибре́жный (pribréžnyj)relating to the coast
Spanish costero, costanero
  • costerorelating to the coast
  • costanerorelating to the coast
  • costeñorelating to the coast
  • costinorelating to the coast
  • litoralrelating to the coast
Swedish kustnära, kustsk
  • kustnärarelating to the coast
  • kustskrelating to the coast
Turkish kıyısal, sahilsel
  • kıyısalrelating to the coast
  • sahilselrelating to the coast
Ukrainian берегови́й, прибере́жний
  • берегови́й (berehovýj)relating to the coast
  • прибере́жний (pryberéžnyj)relating to the coast
Welsh arfordirol
  • arfordirolrelating to the coast

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

coastal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coastal

MLA

“coastal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coastal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coastal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coastal.

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