seaside
/ˌsiːˈsaɪd/
seaside noun: the area by and around the sea; including the beach, promenade or cliffs.
Noun
seaside (plural seasides)
Adjective
seaside (not comparable)
- At or related to a seaside.
- Near-synonym: oceanside (usually synonymous)
- We stayed in a seaside hotel and ate fresh seafood every night, all week long.
- Synonyms:
- oceanside
Adverb
seaside (not comparable)
- At the seaside.
- Near-synonym: oceanside (usually synonymous)
- We dined seaside and watched the gulls' antics.
- Synonyms:
- oceanside
Proper noun capitalized: Seaside
Seaside
- A city in Monterey County, California, United States.
- A barangay of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines.
- A barangay of Isabela, Basilan, Philippines.
seaside meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Arabic and Thai
seaside in Bengali
- সমুদ্রতীরবর্তী এলাকা
seaside in Malayalam
- കടലോരപ്രദേശം, സമുദ്രതീരപ്രദേശം
seaside in Arabic
- the area by and around the sea
- سَاحِل sāḥil, شَاطِئ šāṭiʔ
seaside in Thai
- the area by and around the sea
- ชายหาด chaai-hàat, หาด hàat, ชายทะเล chaai tá-lee
More languagesFewer languages
- seaside in Vietnamese
- bờ biển
Examples of seaside in a sentence
- The arrival of the railway turned this isolated fishing village into a popular seaside destination for Victorians who came to breathe fresh sea air, clear their lungs or take the waters.2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Grange-over-Sands”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:
- When you think of dining seaside somewhere on a secluded island, this is the kind of place that comes to mind. […] Granted, it takes some planning to get here.2010 [1998], Nancy Toppino, Victoria Shearer, Janet Ware, “Restaurants”, in Insiders' Guide: Florida Keys and Key West (Insiders' Guides)...
- […] for guests who like dining seaside under a thatched roof.2006, Travel and Leisure, volume 36, number 11, page 252:
Synonyms of seaside
Forms of seaside
| plural | seasides |
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Origin of seaside
From Middle English see-syde, sey-syde, see syde, se side, equivalent to sea + side. Compare waterside.
Words formed from seaside
Phrases with seaside
Questions about seaside
- What does seaside mean?
- Seaside means the area by and around the sea; including the beach, promenade or cliffs.
- What is seaside in Bengali?
- Seaside in Bengali is সমুদ্রতীরবর্তী এলাকা. See Seaside meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use seaside in a sentence?
- The arrival of the railway turned this isolated fishing village into a popular seaside destination for Victorians who came to breathe fresh sea air, clear their lungs or take the waters.
- What part of speech is seaside?
- Seaside can be a noun, an adjective, an adverb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce seaside?
- Seaside is pronounced /ˌsiːˈsaɪd/.
- What is the plural of seaside?
- The plural of seaside is seasides.
Words near seaside in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: seaside (page history and authors); Seaside (page history and authors); seaside (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seaside (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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