What does seaward mean?
Seaward means Being in or facing towards the sea..
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/ˈsiːwəd/ · adjective
Being in or facing towards the sea..
Near-synonyms: oceanward, oceanwards
The landward side of the fort faced more dangerous guns than the seaward side, which only faced what could be put on a ship.
Following service in the First World War, when it was leased by the Admiralty, it suffered a swift decline. And despite reconstruction efforts, concerns about its safety were raised in the 1930s and its seaward portion was demolished in the 1940s.
Ever the sailor's widow looked seaward, hoping to see her missing man coming home.
He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…].
Use seaward when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Seaward means Being in or facing towards the sea..
Common synonyms include oceanward, oceanwards, onshore, inshore.
Possible antonyms include shoreward, shorewards, beachward, beachwards.
Near-synonyms: oceanward, oceanwards
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