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

1 sense of oceanic

Sense 1
Oceanic, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian -- (an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages)
       => Malayo-Polynesian, Polynesian -- (the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific)

Antonyms of adj oceanic

2 of 3 senses of oceanic

Sense 2
oceanic -- (resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree; "the oceanic violence of his rage")

INDIRECT (VIA unlimited) -> limited -- (small in range or scope; "limited war"; "a limited success"; "a limited circle of friends")

Sense 3
oceanic -- (constituting or living in the open sea; "oceanic waters"; "oceanic life")


Similarity of adj oceanic

3 senses of oceanic

Sense 1
oceanic, pelagic -- (relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean; "oceanic islands like Bermuda"; "oceanic currents"; "oceanic birds"; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic whaling")

Sense 2
oceanic -- (resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree; "the oceanic violence of his rage")
       => unlimited (vs. limited), limitless -- (having no limits in range or scope; "to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism"- Philip Rahv; "the limitless reaches of outer space")

Sense 3
oceanic -- (constituting or living in the open sea; "oceanic waters"; "oceanic life")
       => marine -- (relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea)