Atlantic

adjective

At·​lan·​tic ət-ˈlan-tik 

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1

a

: of, relating to, or found in, on, or near the Atlantic Ocean

b

: of, relating to, or found on or near the east coast of the U.S.

2

: of or relating to the nations that border the Atlantic Ocean

the Atlantic community

Examples of Atlantic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This Atlantic hurricane season is now pacing a bit behind the historical average, according to AccuWeather. —Doyle Rice, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025

Secret undersea freshwater aquifers This year’s offshore drilling campaign off New England didn’t just infer freshwater under the Atlantic seafloor. —Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025

Getty Images Typically, the peak of the Atlantic hurricane is around September 10. —Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

And although September 10 has historically marked the peak of Atlantic hurricane activity, the basin has gone nearly two weeks with nary a tropical storm in sight—and none expected during the coming week either. —Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing Atlantic

• Atlantic croaker
• Atlantic puffin
• Atlantic salmon
• Atlantic time
• Atlantic white cedar
• mid-Atlantic
• Middle Atlantic
• North Atlantic Oscillation

Rhymes for Atlantic

• gigantic
• pedantic
• romantic
• semantic
• vedantic
• antic
• frantic
• transatlantic
• unromantic