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

2 senses of ocean

Sense 1
ocean -- (a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere)
       => 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
ocean, sea -- (anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume)
       => large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount -- (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)