superocean UK /ˈsuːpəɹˌəʊ.ʃən/US /ˈsuːpɚˌoʊ.ʃən/ noun1 •An ocean surrounding a supercontinent.Reduced to its simplest scenario the earth appears to have consisted essentially of a single ‘‘supercontinent’’, Pangaea, surrounded by “‘superocean”’ Panthalassa in the late Paleozoic. — 1978 formssuperoceans