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

Hurricane power outages linger in Cuba RIO CAUTO, Cuba -- Thousands of Cubans remain without power, water or proper shelter almost a month after Hurricane Melissa pummeled the island's eastern region as one of the strongest Atlantic storms in history. —Arkansas Online, 27 Nov. 2025

This could lead to more seasons marked by extended stretches with no tropical activity, separated by short bursts with powerful hurricanes, similar to what has happened in the last two Atlantic hurricane seasons. —Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025

The interconnected climate systems of the Greenland ice sheet, the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, the Amazon rainforest, and the South American monsoon are destabilizing. —Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025

The spike in Mid-Atlantic states was driven both by that massive future data center demand and by the fact that the generation capacity in the region has been simultaneously falling. —Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 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