ocean voyages
Trips across water
Ocean voyages are extended journeys by ship across the sea, typically covering substantial distances between ports or continents.
The phrase evokes an earlier era of travel—before commercial aviation, an ocean voyage was the only way to cross from one landmass to another: The ocean voyage from Southampton to New York took five days.
The term carries romantic associations with steamships, ocean liners, and leisurely crossings, distinguishing such travel from routine ferry crossings or short coastal trips.
- seasicknessNausea from boat motion
- sea legsAdjusted to ship motion
- rough seasTurbulent ocean conditions
- open seaWaters beyond coastlines
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
tall ship · compass · sextant · dead reckoning · nautical charts · ship's log · cargo ship · clipper · trade · port of call · pirate legends · shipwrecks · stowaways · exploration · galleon · scientific expeditions · mutiny · whaling industry
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyages
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- maritime historysailors, ships, seamen, sailing ships, celestial navigation
- nauticalanchor, anchor chain, anchors, boat, boats
- sea in literatureMoby Dick, sea legends, seafaring tales, sea monsters, whaling
- sea voyagessea voyages, crossing, passage, cruise, circumnavigation
ocean voyagesroad trips
Extended car journeys
air travel · flights · desert crossings · train journeys · mountain treks
ocean voyagesstaying home
Not going out
staying put · rootedness · sedentary life · permanent residence · domestic life