Meanings
- pluralplural onlynauticalThe regions of the ocean that are far from shore, especially those regions that do not belong to any country.
I'm reading a romance of piracy on the high seas.
1 more example
From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. . . . For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52Synonyms: open ocean, open sea
- Internetpluralplural onlyThe regions of the Internet in which piracy (i.e. copyright infringement) is prevalent.
I was out on the high seas yesterday and got myself a new mathematics book.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe regions of the ocean that are far from shore, especially those regions that do not belong to any country.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 遠海 /远海, 公海
- 遠海 /远海 (yuǎnhǎi)regions of ocean far from shore
- 公海 (gōnghǎi)regions of ocean far from shore
Dutch hoge zee, volle zee
- hoge zeeregions of ocean far from shore
- volle zeeregions of ocean far from shore
Finnish avomeri, ulkomeri
- avomeriregions of ocean far from shore
- ulkomeriregions of ocean far from shore
French haute mer, large
- haute merregions of ocean far from shore
- largeregions of ocean far from shore
- grand largeregions of ocean far from shore
- pleine merregions of ocean far from shore
German Hochsee
- Hochseeregions of ocean far from shore
Hebrew הַיָּם הַפָּתוּחַ, לֵב יָם
- הַיָּם הַפָּתוּחַ (hayam hapatuakh)regions of ocean far from shore
- לֵב יָם (lev yam)regions of ocean far from shore
Hungarian nyílt tenger, nemzetközi vizek
- nyílt tengerregions of ocean far from shore
- nemzetközi vizekregions of ocean far from shore
Icelandic aðalhaf
- aðalhafregions of ocean far from shore
Indonesian laut lepas
- laut lepasregions of ocean far from shore
Italian alto mare
- alto mareregions of ocean far from shore
Japanese 公海
- 公海 (kōkai)regions of ocean far from shore
Korean 공해
- 공해 (gonghae)regions of ocean far from shore
Norwegian Bokmål internasjonalt farvann
- internasjonalt farvannregions of ocean far from shore
Polish głębokie morze
- głębokie morzeregions of ocean far from shore
Portuguese alto-mar, largo
- alto-marregions of ocean far from shore
- largoregions of ocean far from shore
Romanian larg
- largregions of ocean far from shore
Russian откры́тое мо́ре
- откры́тое мо́ре (otkrýtoje móre)regions of ocean far from shore
Spanish alta mar, altamar
- alta marregions of ocean far from shore
- altamarregions of ocean far from shore
- piélagoregions of ocean far from shore
Swahili majimakuu
- majimakuuregions of ocean far from shore
Turkish açık deniz, engin
- açık denizregions of ocean far from shore
- enginregions of ocean far from shore
Welsh môr tawch, moroedd tawchion
- môr tawchregions of ocean far from shore
- moroedd tawchionregions of ocean far from shore
Cite this entry
high seas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high%20seas
“high seas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high%20seas. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “high seas,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high%20seas.
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