high sea

1. 1.

   the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation

   Synonymsinternational waters

   Antonymsterritorial waters

   Broaderbody of water

   Part ofmain

Questions about high sea

What does high sea mean?

high sea means "the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation".

What is another word for high sea?

Close synonyms include international waters. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of high sea?

The recorded antonyms are territorial waters.

Is high sea a common word?

high sea is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.