Atlantic

Europe-America water body

Atlantic refers to the Atlantic Ocean, the body of water separating the Americas from Europe and Africa.

As an adjective, it describes things related to this ocean or the regions it borders: Atlantic coast, Atlantic salmon, transatlantic flight.

The mid-Atlantic describes the ocean's middle or the eastern U.S. states between New England and the South.

crossing

transatlantic

Spanning the ocean between continents

Lindbergh · Titanic · steamship · clipper · migration · Concorde · passage · emigration · westward · eastward

maritime

shipping

Transporting goods to destinations

fishery · coastguard · whaling · trawler · cod · herring · Newfoundland · naval · seaboard · lighthouse

wildlife

whales

Massive marine mammals

haddock · mackerel · sea-turtle · manatee · squid · jellyfish · plankton · seaweed · coral · swordfish

mythical

Poseidon

Greek sea deity

mermaid · siren · Triton · Nereid · Plato · legendary · fabled

ocean

saltwater

Ocean water, chemically speaking

  • tidesPeriodic sea-level changes
  • currentsDirectional flows of movement
  • abyssalExtremely deep, unmeasurable

seafloor · gyre · salinity · thermocline · oceanography · trench · deep-sea · pelagic · seabed

vast

expanse

Unbroken area of space

wide · deep · open · horizon · blue · infinite · stretching · shoreless

Categories
Opposites
major ocean identity

AtlanticPacific

Earth's vastest ocean

Pacific Ocean · West Coast · Pacific coast · Indian Ocean · Southern Ocean

cultural-geographic sphere

AtlanticPacific

Earth's vastest ocean

Asia-Pacific · Indo-Pacific · trans-Pacific · Asian · Mediterranean

Phrases
Family

Atlantis, Atlantic City, Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic salmon, Atlantic Canada, Atlantic cod

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G