West

/wɛst/

Synonyms for "west" (121 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (25)

Noun(2 words)
westwarddue west
africaamericaantarcticantipodesarcticasiaasia majorasia minoraustralaustralasiaborealcardinal pointscompass cardcompass rosecontinentdegreedegreesdixiedixielanddown east
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down undereasteast coast

Strong matches (36)

eastboundeastereasterlyeastermosteasterneastern hemisphereeasternmosteastlandeastwardeurasiaeuropefar easthalf pointshyperboreanlandmasslevantlubber linemeridionalmiddle atlanticmiddle east
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middle westnear eastnew englandnew worldnorthnorth central regionnorthboundnortheastnortheasterlynortheasternnorthernortherlynorthern
Noun(3 words)
hesperiahesperusleft

Related words (60)

Noun(9 words)
occidentoccidentalthe westvestriswwest sidewestboundwesternwestern part

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

15 entries
cardinal compass pointcardinal directioncultural regioncultural region descriptordirectiondirectional adjectivedirectional motion descriptorgeographic descriptorgeographic directiongeopolitical descriptorlocationpartsectionspatial relationworld region

More specific

15 entries
AmericasEuropeNorth AmericaWestern EuropeWestern Hemispherewest endwest wingwest-facingwest-northwestwest-southwestwestboundwestern sectorwestward driftwestward expansionwestward migration

Collocations

11 entries
the Westwest bankwest coastwest ofwest sidewest windwest wingwest-facing slopewestbound trainwestern hemispherewestward expansion

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

5 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

similar

7 entries

Translations

406 translations across 171 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • wes noun (compass point)

Ainu

1 entries
  • チュッポㇰ noun (compass point)

Akkadian

1 entries
  • amurrum noun (compass point)

Albanian

2 entries
  • Perëndimi name (Western world)
  • perëndim noun (compass point)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ምዕራብ noun (compass point)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • δυσμή noun (compass point)
  • δύσις noun (compass point)

Arabic

4 entries
  • الْغَرْب name (Western world)
  • غرب noun (compass point)
  • غَرْب noun (compass point)
  • مَغْرِب noun (compass point)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • מערבא noun (compass point)
  • ܡܥܪܒܐ noun (compass point)

Armenian

3 entries
  • արևմտյան adj (towards the west)
  • Արևմուտք name (Western world)
  • արևմուտք noun (compass point)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • Vestu noun (compass point)
  • ascãpitatã noun (compass point)
  • vestu noun (compass point)

Assamese

1 entries
  • পশ্চিম noun (compass point)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ noun (compass point)

Asturian

1 entries
  • oeste noun (compass point)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qərb noun (compass point)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • Көнбайыш name (Western world)
  • көнбайыш noun (compass point)

Basque

2 entries
  • mendebal noun (compass point)
  • sartalde noun (compass point)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • За́хад name (Western world)
  • за́хад noun (compass point)

Bengali

1 entries
  • পশ্চিম noun (compass point)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • पश्चिम noun (compass point)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • sulnopan noun (compass point)

Breton

1 entries
  • kornôg noun (compass point)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • За́пад name (Western world)
  • Окциде́нт name (Western world)
  • за́пад noun (compass point)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ပစ္ဆိမ noun (compass point)
  • အနောက် noun (compass point)

Carpathian Rusyn

2 entries
  • за́пад noun (compass point)
  • за́ход noun (compass point)

Catalan

3 entries
  • occident noun (compass point)
  • oest noun (compass point)
  • ponent noun (compass point)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • kasadpan noun (compass point)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • خۆراوا noun (compass point)
  • ڕۆژاوا noun (compass point)

Central Melanau

4 entries
  • barat adj (towards the west)
  • laan adj (towards the west)
  • barat noun (compass point)
  • laan noun (compass point)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏭᏕᎵᎬᎢ noun (compass point)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • hashaaobya' noun (compass point)

Chinese

3 entries
  • щи noun (compass point)
  • щифон noun (compass point)
  • 西 noun (compass point)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 西 noun (compass point)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 西 adj (towards the west)
  • 歐美 /欧美 name (Western world)
  • 西方 name (Western world)
  • 西洋 name (Western world)

Chukchi

1 entries
  • ӄэралгын noun (compass point)

Church Slavic

4 entries
  • западъ noun (compass point)
  • заходъ noun (compass point)
  • ⰸⰰⱂⰰⰴⱏ noun (compass point)
  • ⰸⰰⱈⱁⰴⱏ noun (compass point)

Cornish

3 entries
  • gorlewin noun (compass point)
  • howlsedhes noun (compass point)
  • west noun (compass point)

Czech

3 entries
  • Okcident name (Western world)
  • Západ name (Western world)
  • západ noun (compass point)

Danish

2 entries
  • Vesten name (Western world)
  • vest noun (compass point)

Dari

4 entries
  • بَاخْتَر noun (compass point)
  • خورْبَرَان noun (compass point)
  • غَرْب noun (compass point)
  • مَغْرِب noun (compass point)

Dhuwal

1 entries
  • bärra noun (compass point)

Dutch

4 entries
  • west adj (towards the west)
  • westelijk adj (towards the west)
  • westelijke adj (towards the west)
  • Avondland name (Western world)

Egyptian

3 entries
  • jmn noun (compass point)
  • jmnt noun (compass point)
  • jmntt noun (compass point)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • okcidenta adj (towards the west)
  • okcidento noun (compass point)

Estonian

2 entries
  • Lääs name (Western world)
  • lääs noun (compass point)

Farefare

1 entries
  • sʋlmi-tɩŋa name (Western world)

Finnish

3 entries
  • länteen päin adj (towards the west)
  • länsi name (Western world)
  • länsi noun (compass point)

French

4 entries
  • vers l'ouest adj (towards the west)
  • Far West name (Western states of the United States)
  • Occident name (Western world)
  • Ouest name (Western world)

Gagauz

1 entries
  • batı noun (compass point)

Galician

3 entries
  • occidente noun (compass point)
  • oeste noun (compass point)
  • poñente noun (compass point)

Georgian

2 entries
  • დასავლეთი name (Western world)
  • დასავლეთი noun (compass point)

German

4 entries
  • westlich adj (towards the west)
  • westwärts adj (towards the west)
  • Abendland name (Western world)
  • Okzident name (Western world)

Greek

4 entries
  • δυτικός adj (towards the west)
  • Δυτικές Πολιτείες name (Western states of the United States)
  • Δύση name (Western world)
  • Εσπερία name (Western world)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • aaqanngitsoq name (Western world)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • પશ્ચિમ noun (compass point)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 西 noun (compass point)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • komohana noun (compass point)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • מַעֲרָב name (Western world)
  • יָם noun (compass point)
  • מַעֲרָב noun (compass point)

Hindi

4 entries
  • पश्चिम name (Western world)
  • मग़रिब name (Western world)
  • अथमना noun (compass point)
  • अपरा noun (compass point)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • nyugat noun (compass point)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • vestur noun (compass point)

Ido

2 entries
  • ocidento noun (compass point)
  • westo noun (compass point)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • laud noun (compass point)

Inari Sami

1 entries
  • fiestâr noun (compass point)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • barat noun (compass point)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • läns noun (compass point)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • west noun (compass point)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • باخْتَر noun (compass point)
  • خورْبَران noun (compass point)
  • غَرْب noun (compass point)
  • مَغْرِب noun (compass point)

Irish

2 entries
  • iarthar noun (compass point)
  • siar noun (compass point)

Italian

4 entries
  • Occidente name (Western world)
  • occidente noun (compass point)
  • ovest noun (compass point)
  • ponente noun (compass point)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 西 adj (towards the west)
  • 欧米 name (Western world)
  • 西方 name (Western world)
  • 西洋 name (Western world)

Javanese

3 entries
  • kilèn noun (compass point)
  • kulon noun (compass point)
  • pascima noun (compass point)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ noun (compass point)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • albugan noun (compass point)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries
  • кюнбатыш noun (compass point)

Karo Batak

1 entries
  • pustima noun (compass point)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • Батыc name (Western world)
  • батыс noun (compass point)
  • күнбатыс noun (compass point)
  • мағырып noun (compass point)

Khakas

1 entries
  • кидер noun (compass point)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • ōtsīnáp name (Western world)

Khmer

4 entries
  • បច្ឆិមទិស name (Western world)
  • លោកខាងលិច name (Western world)
  • ខាងលិច noun (compass point)
  • ទិសខាងលិច noun (compass point)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • ithũĩro noun (compass point)

Kildin Sami

1 entries
  • вуэррьял noun (compass point)

Korean

4 entries
  • 구미 name (Western world)
  • 구미권 name (Western world)
  • 서구 name (Western world)
  • 서방 name (Western world)

Koryak

1 entries
  • тэйкыялӄэвыны noun (compass point)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • гюнбатыш noun (compass point)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • батыш noun (compass point)
  • күн батыш noun (compass point)

Lao

4 entries
  • ຕາວັນຕົກ noun (compass point)
  • ຕາເວັນຕົກ noun (compass point)
  • ທິດຕາເວັນຕົກ noun (compass point)
  • ປະຈິມ noun (compass point)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • vokori noun (compass point)

Latin

2 entries
  • occidens noun (compass point)
  • occāsus noun (compass point)

Latvian

3 entries
  • Rietumi name (Western world)
  • rietumi noun (compass point)
  • vakari noun (compass point)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • ovest noun (compass point)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • Vakarai name (Western world)
  • vakarai noun (compass point)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • за́падно adj (towards the west)
  • Запад name (Western world)
  • Окцидент name (Western world)
  • за́пад noun (compass point)

Madurese

1 entries
  • bârâ' noun (compass point)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • andrefana noun (compass point)

Malay

4 entries
  • barat adj (towards the west)
  • kulon adj (towards the west)
  • maghrib adj (towards the west)
  • بارت adj (towards the west)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • പടിഞ്ഞാറ് noun (compass point)
  • പശ്ചിമം noun (compass point)
  • മേക്ക് noun (compass point)

Maltese

1 entries
  • punent noun (compass point)

Marathi

1 entries
  • पश्चिम noun (compass point)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries
  • tg'sn noun (compass point)

Middle English

1 entries
  • west noun (compass point)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • Өрнө name (Western world)
  • баруун noun (compass point)
  • ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ noun (compass point)

Moore

1 entries
  • Nasaar-tẽnga name (Western world)

Māori

1 entries
  • hauāuru noun (compass point)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • cihuatlampa noun (compass point)

Nanai

1 entries
  • пэрхи noun (compass point)

Navajo

2 entries
  • eʼeʼaahjigo adj (towards the west)
  • eʼeʼaah noun (compass point)

Norman

2 entries
  • vouest noun (compass point)
  • vouêt noun (compass point)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • (ber bi) rojava adj (towards the west)
  • (berew) rojawa adj (towards the west)
  • (berew) xorawa adj (towards the west)
  • xerb(ê) adj (towards the west)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • vestlig adj (towards the west)
  • vestre adj (towards the west)
  • Vesten name (Western world)
  • vesten name (Western world)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • vestleg adj (towards the west)
  • vestre adj (towards the west)
  • Vesten name (Western world)
  • vesten name (Western world)

Occitan

3 entries
  • occident noun (compass point)
  • oèst noun (compass point)
  • ponent noun (compass point)

Odia

1 entries
  • ପଶ୍ଚିମ noun (compass point)

Oromo

1 entries
  • lixa noun (compass point)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • باتی noun (compass point)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • заход noun (compass point)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • wèst noun (compass point)

Pashto

2 entries
  • باختر noun (compass point)
  • مغرب noun (compass point)

Persian

4 entries
  • خوروران adj (towards the west)
  • غرب adj (towards the west)
  • غرب name (Western world)
  • بَاخْتَر noun (compass point)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Wasten noun (compass point)

Polish

4 entries
  • na zachód adj (towards the west)
  • Dziki Zachód name (Western states of the United States)
  • Okcydent name (Western world)
  • Zachód name (Western world)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • ocidental adj (towards the west)
  • Ocidente name (Western world)
  • ocidente noun (compass point)
  • oeste noun (compass point)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਪੱਛਮ noun (compass point)

Rohingya

1 entries
  • fosím adj (towards the west)

Romanian

4 entries
  • Vestul name (Western world)
  • apus noun (compass point)
  • occident noun (compass point)
  • vest noun (compass point)

Romansch

1 entries
  • vest noun (compass point)

Russian

4 entries
  • Ди́кий За́пад name (Western states of the United States)
  • За́пад name (Western world)
  • вест noun (compass point)
  • за́пад noun (compass point)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • अपरा noun (compass point)
  • पश्चिमा noun (compass point)

Santali

2 entries
  • ᱯᱟᱪᱮ noun (compass point)
  • ᱯᱟᱹᱪᱷᱤᱢ noun (compass point)

Scots

1 entries
  • wast noun (compass point)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • an iar adj (towards the west)
  • siar adj (towards the west)
  • iar noun (compass point)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • Zapad name (Western world)
  • Òkcident name (Western world)
  • Запад name (Western world)
  • О̀кцидент name (Western world)

Seychellois Creole

1 entries
  • was noun (compass point)

Shor

1 entries
  • кӱн-қонужу noun (compass point)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • බටහිර noun (compass point)

Slovak

2 entries
  • Západ name (Western world)
  • západ noun (compass point)

Slovene

2 entries
  • Zahod name (Western world)
  • zahod noun (compass point)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • кӱнбадыш noun (compass point)

Spanish

4 entries
  • al oeste adj (towards the west)
  • Occidente name (Western world)
  • occidente noun (compass point)
  • oeste noun (compass point)

Swahili

1 entries
  • magharibi noun (compass point)

Swedish

4 entries
  • västerut adj (towards the west)
  • Occidenten name (Western world)
  • väst name (Western world)
  • västvärlden name (Western world)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kanluran noun (compass point)

Tajik

3 entries
  • Ғарб name (Western world)
  • мағриб noun (compass point)
  • ғарб noun (compass point)

Tamil

1 entries
  • மேற்கு noun (compass point)

Tatar

1 entries
  • көнбатыш noun (compass point)

Telugu

4 entries
  • పడమటి adj (towards the west)
  • పశ్చిమ adj (towards the west)
  • పాశ్చాత్య adj (towards the west)
  • పడమర noun (compass point)

Tetum

1 entries
  • loromonu noun (compass point)

Thai

4 entries
  • ทิศตะวันตก name (Western world)
  • ตะวันตก noun (compass point)
  • ทิศตะวันตก noun (compass point)
  • ประจิม noun (compass point)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ནུབ noun (compass point)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ምዕራብ noun (compass point)

Toba Batak

2 entries
  • hasundutan noun (compass point)
  • pastima noun (compass point)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • kauṃ-kläsko noun (compass point)

Turkish

2 entries
  • batı noun (compass point)
  • garp noun (compass point)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • günbatar noun (compass point)

Turoyo

1 entries
  • ܡܰܥܪܒ݂ܳܐ noun (compass point)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • барыын чүк noun (compass point)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • За́хід name (Western world)
  • за́хід noun (compass point)

Urdu

1 entries
  • مَغْرِب noun (compass point)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • غەرب noun (compass point)
  • كۈنپېتىش noun (compass point)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • gʻarb noun (compass point)
  • kunbotish noun (compass point)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • Tây phương name (Western world)
  • phưng tây name (Western world)
  • phương Tây name (Western world)
  • hướng tây noun (compass point)

Volapük

4 entries
  • vesüdio adj (towards the west)
  • vesüvedo adj (towards the west)
  • vesüdän name (Western world)
  • vesüd noun (compass point)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gorllewin noun (compass point)

West Coast Bajau

2 entries
  • barat adj (towards the west)
  • barat noun (compass point)

West-Frisian

3 entries
  • westlik adj (towards the west)
  • west noun (compass point)
  • westen noun (compass point)

Woiwurrung

1 entries
  • mumilam noun (compass point)

Yaghnobi

1 entries
  • ғарб noun (compass point)

Yakut

1 entries
  • арҕаа noun (compass point)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מערבֿ noun (compass point)

Yonaguni

2 entries
  • イリ adj (towards the west)
  • イリ noun (compass point)

Yámana

1 entries
  • inal noun (compass point)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • sae noun (compass point)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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Many men went west in search of gold.

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The balloon floated off into the west.

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If the sun were to rise in the west, I wouldn't change my mind.

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There were almost no railroads out west.

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