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

3 senses of sea

Sense 1
sea -- (a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land)
       => 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)

Sense 3
sea -- (turbulent water with swells of considerable size; "heavy seas")
       => turbulent flow -- (flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically)