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

2 senses of sea power

Sense 1
sea power -- (naval strength)
       => military capability, military strength, strength, military posture, posture -- (capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture")

Sense 2
sea power -- (a nation that possesses formidable naval strength)
       => state, nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic -- (a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land")