adj, name, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Relating to the coast; on or near the coast; longshore.

   "coastal town"

Adjective

1. 1
   located on or near or bordering on a coast wordnet
2. 2
   along or following a coast wordnet
3. 3
   of or relating to a coast wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Coastal Carolina University. informal

Synonyms

All synonyms

littoralborderingborderlineboundaryboundingcoastwise

Antonyms

All antonyms

inland

Example

More examples

"Years later, Europeans established colonies in the coastal areas."

Etymology

From coast + -al. Piecewise doublet of costal.

Related phrases

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.