sea power

n.1. A nation having significant naval strength.2. Naval strength.

n 1. (Military) a nation that possesses great naval strength 2. (Military) the naval strength of a country or nation

sea′ pow`er

n. 1. naval strength. 2. a nation that possesses formidable naval power. [1840–50]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sea power - naval strengthmilitary capability, military posture, military strength, strength, posture - capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture"armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	2.	sea power - a nation that possesses formidable naval strengthbody politic, country, nation, res publica, commonwealth, state, land - a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"