pelagic

1. 1.

   relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean

   “oceanic islands like Bermuda”

   “oceanic currents”

   “oceanic birds”

   “pelagic organisms”

   “pelagic whaling”

   Synonymsoceanic

Questions about pelagic

What does pelagic mean?

pelagic means "relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean".

How many syllables are in pelagic?

pelagic has 3 syllables: pe-lag-ic. The stress falls on "lag". In IPA it is /pəˈlædʒɪk/.

What is another word for pelagic?

Close synonyms include oceanic. 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.

Is pelagic a common word?

pelagic 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.