seaside

plural seasides

1. UKThe area by and around the sea; including the beach, promenade or cliffs.

   Near-synonym: oceanside (usually synonymous)

   4 more examples

   This summer, I'm going to the seaside at Weymouth. I'm very excited about it!

   I do like to be beside the seaside! Oh, I do like to be beside the sea! I do like to stroll along the prom, prom, prom, While the brass bands play Tiddely-om-pom-pom!

   1907, John A. Glover-Kind, “I Do Like To be Beside the Seaside”

   James never cared much for the sea-side, but developed a passionate love for the Westmoreland mountains, getting to know most of them as an energetic fell walker, preferring this to rock climbing.

   1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 128

   The arrival of the railway turned this isolated fishing village into a popular seaside destination for Victorians who came to breathe fresh sea air, clear their lungs or take the waters.

   2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27

   Synonyms: oceanside

1. not comparableAt or related to a seaside.

   Near-synonym: oceanside (usually synonymous)

   2 more examples

   We stayed in a seaside hotel and ate fresh seafood every night, all week long.

   But that mimosa grovethe haze of stars, the tingle, the flame, the honey-dew, and the ache remained with me, and that little girl with her seaside limbs and ardent tongue haunted me ever sinceuntil at last, twenty-four years later, I broke her spell by incarnating her in another.

   1955 September 15, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, Paris: The Olympia Press […], →OCLC

   Synonyms: oceanside

1. not comparableAt the seaside.

   Near-synonym: oceanside (usually synonymous)

   3 more examples

   We dined seaside and watched the gulls' antics.

   When you think of dining seaside somewhere on a secluded island, this is the kind of place that comes to mind. […] Granted, it takes some planning to get here. You have to make a reservation, and you have to board a boat. But if what you seek is a quiet evening escape from the craziness of Key West, dinner at [the restaurant being reviewed here] is well worth the effort.

   2010 [1998], Nancy Toppino, Victoria Shearer, Janet Ware, “Restaurants”, in Insiders' Guide: Florida Keys and Key West (Insiders' Guides), 14th edition, Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 64

   […] for guests who like dining seaside under a thatched roof. Try the coconut shrimp with fruit chutney.

   2006, Travel and Leisure, volume 36, number 11, page 252

   Synonyms: oceanside

1. A city in Monterey County, California, United States.
2. A barangay of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines.
3. A barangay of Isabela, Basilan, Philippines.