Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gulf

3 senses of gulf

Sense 1
gulf -- (an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay)
       => body of water, water -- (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge")

Sense 2
gulf, disconnect, disconnection -- (an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy")
       => disparity -- (inequality or difference in some respect)

Sense 3
gulf -- (a deep wide chasm)
       => chasm -- (a deep opening in the earth's surface)