sea bass

Questions about sea bass

What does sea bass mean?

sea bass means "the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sea bass?

Close synonyms include bass. 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 sea bass a common word?

sea bass 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.