transatlantic

adjective

trans·​at·​lan·​tic ˌtran(t)s-ət-ˈlan-tik 

ˌtranz-

1

a

: crossing or extending across the Atlantic Ocean

a transatlantic cable

b

: relating to or involving crossing the Atlantic Ocean

transatlantic airfares

2

a

: situated or originating from beyond the Atlantic Ocean

b

: of, relating to, or involving countries on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and especially the U.S. and Great Britain

transatlantic cooperation

Examples of transatlantic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This makes Poland a natural advocate for strong transatlantic relations. —Sławomir Cenckiewicz, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025

Old Edwards Inn, Highlands, NC Nestled high in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, Old Edwards Inn & Spa offers the feel of a European countryside retreat—without the transatlantic flight. —Cassidy Randall, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

The next time the band arrived in the US, between the monstrous success of their second album and the release of their grandiose third, transatlantic success felt there for the taking. —Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025

And so knowing that these pleasurable activities were used to basically link slave markets in Africa to slave ships lined off the coast, and that how, this pleasure also produced such misery for the people who endured the transatlantic slave trade. —Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1779, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for transatlantic

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

Kids Definition

transatlantic

adjective

trans·​at·​lan·​tic ˌtran(t)s-ət-ˈlant-ik 

ˌtranz-

1

: crossing or extending across the Atlantic Ocean

a transatlantic cable

2

: located or coming from beyond the Atlantic Ocean

our transatlantic friends