COAST Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of coast

as in shore

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coast

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verb

as in to flow

to move or proceed smoothly and readily coasting along easily in the light traffic

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Recent Examples of coast

Noun

Dauphin Island, a 15-mile-long barrier island off the Alabama coast, encouraged some people to voluntarily evacuate. — R.j. Rico, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 Months later, the couple received an equally warm welcome in the Croatian town of Split, located on the Adriatic Sea coast. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Verb

There are cases in league history where a player may coast after signing such a deal. — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026 The easy route for Devers would be coasting the rest of the way, chalking up this season as lost and counting down the days until the offseason. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for coast

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Noun

The state’s coastlines have been inundated with high surf for much of the summer, leading to severe erosion at some of the state’s most popular beaches.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
But the wild and remote coastline’s dramatic transformation had long been expected, according to NPS.

— Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of coastline

Noun

Guests must either fly into Nassau and take a 10-minute flight to Fresh Creek Airport, or book one of the property’s Coco seaplanes from Fort Lauderdale with a direct route to its iconic shoreline.

— Joey Skladany, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
Which other creature would have laid its eggs in such a place—which other creature would have had that distant memory of a shoreline buried deep inside?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of shoreline

Verb

Aubrey's 65-yard attempt with about 30 seconds left in the second quarter sailed wide left.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Before its commissioning, the destroyer sailed from Norfolk to Florida and then traveled to Alaska through the Panama Canal.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of sail

Noun

Nothing terribly exciting is happening inside this three-bedroom, but there’s lots of light and a respectable amount of space, and the beach is just a few minutes away.

— Nora Deligter, Curbed, 2 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, a swell from Hurricane Rachel is expected to bring elevated surf of 5 to 6 feet to area beaches on Tuesday through Thursday, according to the weather service forecast.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of beach

Verb

But like many figures in Silicon Valley, his politics appeared to drift to the right during Biden’s presidency.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Stewart complained about the chain’s merchandising and quality control, and Kmart was drifting toward financial trouble.

— Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of drift

Noun

Today, Tropea onions -- which bear protected geographical produce, or IGP, status -- grow on a 60-mile stretch of Calabrian coastland running from the town of Amantea down to the Capo Vaticano peninsula, below Tropea.

— Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland and could bring torrential rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

— Juan A. Lozano, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2021

Definition of coastland

Verb

The Chicago Blackhawks were coming off a less-than-ideal season opener to Vegas, where the Stanley Cup runner-ups cruised to a 5-2 win.

— Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Caitlin Clark put together a historic performance as the Indiana Fever cruised to a 99-89 victory in Game 2 of their playoff matchup against the Aces on Tuesday, forcing a win-or-go-home Game 3 in Las Vegas.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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