international waters

1. 1.

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

   Synonymshigh sea

   Antonymsterritorial waters

   Broaderbody of water

   Part ofmain

Questions about international waters

What does international waters mean?

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

What is another word for international waters?

Close synonyms include high sea. 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 international waters?

The recorded antonyms are territorial waters.

Is international waters a common word?

international waters is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.