Meanings
seaward1
- not comparableBeing in or facing towards the sea.
Near-synonyms: oceanward, oceanwards
2 more examples
The landward side of the fort faced more dangerous guns than the seaward side, which only faced what could be put on a ship.
Following service in the First World War, when it was leased by the Admiralty, it suffered a swift decline. And despite reconstruction efforts, concerns about its safety were raised in the 1930s and its seaward portion was demolished in the 1940s.
2020 October 21, Dr Joseph Brennan, “From the main line and over the waves”, in Rail, page 59Synonyms: oceanward, oceanwards · Antonyms: shoreward, shorewards, beachward, beachwards, landward, landwards
- not comparableIn the direction of the sea, toward the sea.
Near-synonyms: oceanward, oceanwards
2 more examples
Ever the sailor's widow looked seaward, hoping to see her missing man coming home.
He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…].
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLCSynonyms: oceanward, oceanwards · Antonyms: shoreward, shorewards, beachward, beachwards, landward, landwards
Seaward2
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBeing in or facing towards the sea.
adverbIn the direction of the sea, toward the sea.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of winds) coming from the land
adjectivedirected or situated away from inland regions and toward the sea or coast
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishseaward
- Englishseaward
From Middle English seaward, seward (attested only as an adjective), equivalent to sea + -ward.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch zeewaarts, zeewaarts
- zeewaartsin the direction toward the sea
- zeewaartstoward the sea
Finnish merenpuoleinen, merelle
- merenpuoleinenin the direction toward the sea
- merelletoward the sea
- merelle päintoward the sea
Māori whakatemoana
- whakatemoanatoward the sea
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with seaward
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Cite this entry
seaward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seaward
“seaward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seaward. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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