Shore synonyms
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A thoroughfare in west-central London, England, running parallel to the northern bank of the Thames River and eastward from Trafalgar Square in the West End to the City of London. Among its well-known fixtures is the Savoy Hotel.
windward shore
An area, as a beach, covered with this
The area of accumulated sand, stone, or gravel deposited along a shore by the action of waves and tides. Beaches usually slope gently toward the body of water they border and have a concave shape. They extend landward from the low water line to the point where there is a distinct change in material (as in a line of vegetation) or in land features (as in a cliff).
The seashore.
Sand is defined as small, loose, gritty particles of rock, or an area with these small particles.
The topmost edge of a cup, glass, bowl, etc.
The upper edge of a steep or vertical slope:
The definition of a border is an edge or dividing line.
A customer's equity if his or her account is closed at the prevailing prices
margent
1597, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, I.iii
sea-beach
lakeside
lakeshore
river-bank
The lateral edge of a river.
raised beach
foreshore
The seaward-sloping area of a shore that lies between the average high tide mark and the average low tide mark.
lee-shore
A shore toward which the wind blows and toward which a ship is likely to be driven.
Ground or soil:
waterside
Land bordering a body of water; a bank or shore.
To buoy up or hearten:
To prepare or position so as to be ready for impact or danger:
To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.
To sail near or along a coast, esp. from port to port
coastline
To prop is to position something in a way that it can provide support, or to lean an object up against something else so it stays close to upright.
To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
inland (antonym)
The interior part of a country. Shakespeare
discourage (antonym)
To discourage is defined as to try to get someone not to do something.
ruin (antonym)
To bring or reduce to ruin
dissuade (antonym)
To prevent (someone) from a purpose or course of action by persuasion:
A support used by an injured or disabled person, often in pairs, as an aid to walking, having a vertical shaft that is sometimes forked, a horizontal grip for the hand, and a crosspiece that is positioned under the armpit or a cuff that wraps around the forearm.
A supporting structure or foundation, esp. one placed beneath a wall
A system of shores used for support
support by placing against something solid or rigid
set ashore
arrive on shore
riverbank
A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.
Synonym Study
- Bank applies to rising or steep land at the edge of a stream or river
- Strand is a poetic word for shore or beach
- Beach applies to a level stretch of sandy or pebbly seashore or lake shore, usually one that is washed by high water
- Coast applies only to land along the sea
- Shore is the general word applied to an edge of land directly bordering on the sea, a lake, a river, etc.
Find another word for shore. In this page you can discover 47 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for shore, like: seashore, strand, windward shore, shingle, beach, seaside, sand, seacoast, brim, brink and bank.