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

Trump’s April 2 tariff announcement largely quieted the media frenzy surrounding the leak of U.S. military attack plans to Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, what was widely considered to be the first major blunder of his second term. —Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025

Hamilton’s ouster also comes just weeks before the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. —Brett Samuels, The Hill, 8 May 2025

Outside of the traditional Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June through November, May is the most common month for tropical storms to develop, according to AccuWeather. —Doyle Rice, USA Today, 8 May 2025

An Ars subscription will show instead how measles is killing kids again, or how the administration’s attack on science is ending America’s worldwide leadership in research, or how NOAA is being stripped bare even as the Atlantic hurricane season gets underway. —Ars Staff, ArsTechnica, 7 May 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