Synonyms for Surf
sɜrfsurf

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 3 votes

1. surf, breaker, breakersverb

   waves breaking on the shore

   Synonyms:
   surf, breakers, ledgeman, breaker, circuit breaker

2. surfboard, surfverb

   ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard

   "Californians love to surf"

   Synonyms:
   channel-surf, surf, browse, surfboard

3. browse, surfverb

   look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular

   "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web"

   Synonyms:
   surf, pasture, graze, range, channel-surf, shop, browse, surfboard, crop

4. surf, channel-surfverb

   switch channels, on television

   Synonyms:
   channel-surf, surf, browse, surfboard

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1. • Glide
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Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sea foam

   Submitted by anonymous on July 12, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. surfnoun

   Synonyms:
   breakers, breaking waves

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "surf":

   surfing, surfer, surfs, navigate, surfboard, snowboard

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How to use Surf in a sentence?

1. Jonah Hill:

   I still write and direct and get all my projects in order and stuff. But then I also surf every day, i make myself surf every day. I don't know if dropping out is kind of the accurate word, but I kind of dropped out a little bit. I still love my creativity and my work. But I definitely live a very quiet lifestyle, where I surf, hang with my dog, hang with my nephews. Just keep it mellow.

2. Gabriel Smeby:

   We were up and down, over and around on sandbars, it turned sideways in the surf, and it dawned on me what it was.

3. Nik Zanella:

   We taught maybe 100 people on the first trip, and they were stoked, every time we went back, the people we had coached were still doing it and they had taught some other people to do it, so there’s a little surf scene that was growing.

4. Fernando Aguerre:

   We salute the five candidatures, which were all excellent and well-known surf destinations, but Tahiti was truly exceptional in offering our athletes, and our sport, spectacular conditions for optimal competitions, for us, Tahiti represents the authenticity of our sport and the ISA's mission to celebrate surfing's unique culture and lifestyle, while also recalling the long history and heritage of our sport from its Polynesian origins.

5. International Shark Attack File.Gavin Naylor:

   Sand bars are also where the best surf breaks are because the rapid change in depth causes the waves to break, so the sharks find themselves seeking out the same spots as the surfers.