seagoing

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adjective

Travelling out to sea.

“a seagoing seal”

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Meanings

adjectiveseagoing (not comparable)

alternative sea-going

  1. not comparableTravelling out to sea.

    a seagoing seal

    1 more example

    After being kidnapped by a seagoing ne'er-do-well, its Lady protagonist finds herself drifting through a passage at the North Pole into a wholly different world, with its own sun, moon and stars, and a population of bear-men, bird-men and fox-men who promptly make her Empress. Win!

    2011 May 11, Sam Leith, “Sam Leith's top 10 alternative realities”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2021
  2. not comparableMade for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas.

    "Lord! They don't call that a sea-going craft, I hope!'

    1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 1

    Synonyms: seafaring, seaworthy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveMade for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas.

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seafaringseaworthy

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveused on the high seas

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oceangoingseafaringmarine
Also see
marineoceangoingseafaring

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From sea + going.

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Translations

Bulgarian мореходен, за открито море
  • мореходен (morehoden)made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • за открито море (za otkrito more)made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
Danish havgående, søgående
  • havgåendemade for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • søgåendemade for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
Finnish avomeri-, merikelpoinen
  • avomeri-made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • merikelpoinenmade for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
German seetüchtig
  • seetüchtigmade for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
Latin permarīnus
  • permarīnusmade for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
Norwegian Bokmål sjøgående, havgående
  • sjøgåendemade for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • havgåendemade for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
Polish dalekomorski
  • dalekomorskimade for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
Russian морехо́дный, морско́й
  • морехо́дный (morexódnyj)made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
  • морско́й (morskój)made for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
Swedish sjögående
  • sjögåendemade for, fit for sailing on, or used on the high seas
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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