Synonyms for coast
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Princeton's WordNet(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. seashore, coast, seacoast, sea-coast(noun)

   the shore of a sea or ocean

   Synonyms:
   slide, sea-coast, glide, seacoast, seashore

2. coast(noun)

   a slope down which sleds may coast

   "when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course"

   Synonyms:
   slide, sea-coast, glide, seacoast, seashore

3. coast(noun)

   the area within view

   "the coast is clear"

   Synonyms:
   slide, sea-coast, glide, seacoast, seashore

4. slide, glide, coast(verb)

   the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

   "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"

   Synonyms:
   seashore, semivowel, chute, sailing, slide, microscope slide, sea-coast, slideway, sliding board, swoop, lantern slide, soaring, gliding, seacoast, glide, playground slide, sailplaning, sloping trough

5. coast(verb)

   move effortlessly; by force of gravity

English Synonyms and Antonyms(1.86 / 7 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. coast

   Bank is a general term for the land along the edge of a water course; it may also denote a raised portion of the bed of a river, lake, or ocean; as, the Banks of Newfoundland. A beach is a strip or expanse of incoherent wave-worn sand, which is often pebbly or full of boulders; we speak of the beach of a lake or ocean; a beach is sometimes found in the bend of a river. Strand is a more poetic term for a wave-washed shore, especially as a place for landing or embarking; as, the keel grates on the strand. The whole line of a country or continent that borders the sea is a coast. Shore is any land, whether cliff, or sand, or marsh, bordering water. We do not speak of the coast of a river, nor of the banks of the ocean, tho there may be banks by or under the sea. Edge is the line where land and water meet; as, the water's edge. Brink is the place from which one may fall; as, the river's brink; the brink of a precipice; the brink of ruin.

   Synonyms:
   bank, beach, border, bound, brim, brink, edge, marge, margin, rim, shore, strand

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. coast(n.)

   Synonyms:
   [Rare.] border, frontier

2. coast(n.)

   Synonyms:
   shore, beach, strand, seaboard, seaside, seacoast

3. coast(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   sail along the coast

4. coast(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   slide down a hill (on a sled)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. coast(n)

   Synonyms:
   seashore, seaboard, seaside, shore, strand, beach

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "coast":

   côte, costa, coasts, coastal, coastline, inshore, ribs, shore, rib, shoreline, side, côtes, seaboard, littoral, sahel, costas, cã, marine

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. COAST

   Synonyms:
   Heparin-COAted Stents in Small Coronary Arteries Trial

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1. Michael Roe:

   One way to reduce costs is to choose a flag like Mongolia, it's got no coast, no ports, no real direct relevance to shipping, but it offers a flag that's cheap and low standards, therefore it is good for shipowners.

2. Fox News:

   No matter where this ultimately goes, it does look like its going to land along the Florida coast but its running over warm water and its going to continue to intensify.

3. Kishor Jaiswal:

   Earthquakes remain an important threat to our economy, while the West coast may carry the larger burden of potential losses and the greatest threat from the strongest shaking, this report shows that the threat from earthquakes is widespread.

4. Don Lemon:

   We are all safe. And we thank the Coast Guard and law enforcement for stopping this in time.

5. Sandy Fielden at RBN Energy:

   So far, the Gulf Coast has suffered from an oversupply of light oil, but now there's competition for heavier crude.

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