East

//iːst//

Synonyms for "east" (114 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (23)

Strong matches (34)

Noun(3 words)
due easteeastward
Adjective(2 words)
easterlyeastward
Adverb(1 words)
eastwards

Related words (57)

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11 relation types

More general

3 entries

Antonyms

5 entries

Synonyms

5 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

480 entries

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distinct from

2 entries

has context

3 entries

is a

3 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

62 entries

Showing 16 of 62 words.

similar

13 entries

Translations

557 translations across 194 languages.

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Acehnese

1 entries
  • timu noun (compass point)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • oos noun (compass point)

Ainu

4 entries
  • コイカ noun (compass point)
  • シルルクスラマト noun (compass point)
  • シルㇽ noun (compass point)
  • チュペタサ noun (compass point)

Akkadian

1 entries
  • šadûm noun (compass point)

Albanian

1 entries
  • lindje noun (compass point)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ምሥራቅ noun (compass point)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀνατολή noun (compass point)

Arabic

4 entries
  • شَرْقِيٌّ adj (in or towards the east)
  • شَرْقِيٌّ adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • شَرْقِيٌّ adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • شَرْقِيٌّ adj (from the East)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • מדנחא noun (compass point)
  • ܡܕܢܚܐ noun (compass point)

Armenian

4 entries
  • արևելյան adj (in or towards the east)
  • արևելյան adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • արևելյան adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • արևելյան adj (from the East)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • Datã noun (compass point)
  • datã noun (compass point)

Assamese

1 entries
  • পূব noun (compass point)

Asturian

1 entries
  • este noun (compass point)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • şərq noun (compass point)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • көнсығыш noun (compass point)
  • шәреҡ noun (compass point)

Basque

3 entries
  • eguzkialde noun (compass point)
  • ekialde noun (compass point)
  • sortalde noun (compass point)

Bavarian German

1 entries
  • oscht adj (in or towards the east)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • усхо́дні adj (in or towards the east)
  • усхо́дні adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • усхо́дні adj (from the East)
  • ўсхо́дні adj (in or towards the east)

Bengali

1 entries
  • পূর্ব noun (compass point)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • sirangan noun (compass point)

Breton

1 entries
  • reter noun (compass point)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • източен adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • източен adj (from the East)
  • на изток adv (towards the east)
  • И́зток name (Eastern world)

Burmese

3 entries
  • အရှေ့တိုင်း name (Eastern world)
  • ပုဗ္ဗ noun (compass point)
  • အရှေ့ noun (compass point)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • восто́к noun (compass point)

Catalan

3 entries
  • est noun (compass point)
  • llevant noun (compass point)
  • orient noun (compass point)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • sidlakan noun (compass point)

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • kohisaon noun (compass point)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ڕۆژھەڵات noun (compass point)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • wab noun (compass point)

Chechen

1 entries
  • малхбале noun (compass point)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏗᎧᎸᎬᎢ noun (compass point)

Chinese

3 entries
  • дун noun (compass point)
  • дунфон noun (compass point)
  • 東 /东 noun (compass point)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 東 /东 noun (compass point)
  • 東方 /东方 noun (compass point)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 東 /东 adj (in or towards the east)
  • 東方 /东方 name (Eastern world)
  • 東洋 /东洋 name (Eastern world)
  • 東風 /东风 name (wind from the east)

Chukchi

3 entries
  • никъэен noun (compass point)
  • никъээн noun (compass point)
  • тыӈаӈӄач noun (compass point)

Church Slavic

4 entries
  • въстокъ noun (compass point)
  • въсходъ noun (compass point)
  • ⰲⱏⱄⱅⱁⰽⱏ noun (compass point)
  • ⰲⱏⱄⱈⱁⰴⱏ noun (compass point)

Cornish

3 entries
  • est noun (compass point)
  • howdrehevel noun (compass point)
  • howldrevel noun (compass point)

Corsican

1 entries
  • estu noun (compass point)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries
  • kündoğuş noun (compass point)
  • şarq noun (compass point)

Czech

4 entries
  • východní adj (in or towards the east)
  • východní adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • východní adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • východní adj (from the East)

Danish

2 entries
  • Orienten name (Eastern world)
  • øst noun (compass point)

Dari

3 entries
  • خَاوَر noun (compass point)
  • شَرْق noun (compass point)
  • مَشْرِق noun (compass point)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • އިރުމަތި noun (compass point)

Djambarrpuyngu

1 entries
  • dhimurru noun (compass point)

Dutch

4 entries
  • oostelijk adj (in or towards the east)
  • oostelijk adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • oosters adj (from the East)
  • oostwaarts adv (towards the east)

Eastern Min Chinese

2 entries
  • 東 /东 adj (in or towards the east)
  • 東 /东 noun (compass point)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • jꜣbt noun (compass point)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • orienta adj (in or towards the east)
  • orienta adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • orienta adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • orienta adj (from the East)

Estonian

4 entries
  • idas adv (towards the east)
  • Idamaa name (Eastern world)
  • hommikumaa name (Eastern world)
  • hommikumaad name (Eastern world)

Farefare

1 entries
  • Asia-buulika name (Eastern world)

Faroese

2 entries
  • eystan adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • eystur noun (compass point)

Finnish

4 entries
  • idänpuoleinen adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • itä adj (in or towards the east)
  • itä adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • itä adj (of or pertaining to the east)

French

4 entries
  • de l'est adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • de l'est adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • oriental adj (from the East)
  • orientale adj (from the East)

Galician

1 entries
  • leste noun (compass point)

Gan Chinese

1 entries
  • 東 /东 noun (compass point)

Georgian

1 entries
  • აღმოსავლეთი noun (compass point)

German

4 entries
  • Orient name (Eastern world)
  • Osten name (Eastern world)
  • Ostwind name (wind from the east)
  • Oschta noun (compass point)

Greek

4 entries
  • ανατολικός adj (in or towards the east)
  • ανατολικός adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • ανατολικός adj (from the East)
  • Λεβάντες name (wind from the east)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • પૂર્વ noun (compass point)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 東 /东 noun (compass point)

Hausa

1 entries
  • gabàs noun (compass point)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • hikina noun (compass point)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • מִזְרָח name (Eastern world)
  • מִזְרָח noun (compass point)
  • קֶדֶם noun (compass point)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • subagan noun (compass point)

Hindi

4 entries
  • पूरब name (Eastern world)
  • पूर्व name (Eastern world)
  • पूब noun (compass point)
  • पूरब noun (compass point)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • keleti adj (in or towards the east)
  • keleti adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • keleti adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • keleti adj (from the East)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • austur noun (compass point)

Ido

1 entries
  • esto noun (compass point)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • daya noun (compass point)

Inari Sami

1 entries
  • nuorttâ noun (compass point)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • timur adj (in or towards the east)
  • timur noun (compass point)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • itä noun (compass point)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • est noun (compass point)
  • oriente noun (compass point)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • خاوَر noun (compass point)
  • شَرْق noun (compass point)
  • مَشْرِق noun (compass point)

Irish

2 entries
  • soir adv (towards the east)
  • oirthear noun (compass point)

Italian

4 entries
  • da est adj (from the East)
  • di levante adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • orientale adj (in or towards the east)
  • orientale adj (of or pertaining to the east)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 東 adj (in or towards the east)
  • 東部 adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • オリエント name (Eastern world)
  • 東方 name (Eastern world)

Javanese

2 entries
  • purwa noun (compass point)
  • wétan noun (compass point)

Jin Chinese

1 entries
  • 東 /东 noun (compass point)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಪೂರ್ವ noun (compass point)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • alaya noun (compass point)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries
  • кюнчыгъыш noun (compass point)

Karo Batak

1 entries
  • purba noun (compass point)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • күншығыс noun (compass point)
  • шығыс noun (compass point)

Khakas

1 entries
  • іскер noun (compass point)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • ōtsīpík name (Eastern world)

Khmer

4 entries
  • លោកខាងកើត name (Eastern world)
  • កើត noun (compass point)
  • ខាងកើត noun (compass point)
  • ទិសខាងកើត noun (compass point)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • irathĩro noun (compass point)

Kildin Sami

1 entries
  • нуҏҏьт noun (compass point)

Korean

4 entries
  • 동구 name (Eastern bloc)
  • 동구권 name (Eastern bloc)
  • 동방 name (Eastern world)
  • 동부 name (Eastern states of the US)

Koryak

1 entries
  • тэйкэнэнэны noun (compass point)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • гюнтувуш noun (compass point)

Kyrgyz

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

Lao

3 entries
  • ຕາເວັນອອກ noun (compass point)
  • ທິດຕາເວັນອອກ noun (compass point)
  • ບຸລະພາ noun (compass point)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • reiti noun (compass point)

Latin

2 entries
  • orientalis adj (in or towards the east)
  • oriēns noun (compass point)

Latvian

3 entries
  • austrumu adj (in or towards the east)
  • uz austrumiem adv (towards the east)
  • austrumi noun (compass point)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • est noun (compass point)

Lingala

1 entries
  • monyɛlɛ noun (compass point)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • rytai noun (compass point)

Livonian

2 entries
  • mōgõr noun (compass point)
  • ūomõg noun (compass point)

Lutuv

1 entries
  • ningchiy noun (compass point)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • источен adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • источен adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • источен adj (from the East)
  • источна adj (of or pertaining to the east)

Madurese

1 entries
  • tèmor noun (compass point)

Maguindanao

1 entries
  • sebangan noun (compass point)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • atsinanana noun (compass point)

Malay

4 entries
  • timur adj (in or towards the east)
  • timur adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • timur adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • timur adj (from the East)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • കിഴക്ക് noun (compass point)

Maltese

4 entries
  • lejn il-lvant adj (in or towards the east)
  • mil-lvant adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • mil-lvant adj (from the East)
  • tal-lvant adj (of or pertaining to the east)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries
  • ugjipen noun (compass point)

Middle Persian

1 entries
  • 𐭠𐭱𐭮𐭲𐭫 noun (compass point)

Mingrelian

1 entries
  • ბჟაიოლი noun (compass point)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • Дорно name (Eastern world)
  • дорно noun (compass point)
  • зүүн noun (compass point)
  • ᠳᠣᠷᠤᠨ᠎ᠠ noun (compass point)

Māori

1 entries
  • rāwhiti noun (compass point)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • tlauhcampa noun (compass point)

Navajo

2 entries
  • haʼaʼaahjigo adj (in or towards the east)
  • haʼaʼaah noun (compass point)

Nepali

1 entries
  • पूर्व noun (compass point)

Norman

1 entries
  • Êt noun (compass point)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • rojhilat noun (compass point)

Northern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 東 /东 noun (compass point)

Northern Ohlone

1 entries
  • nómmo noun (compass point)

Northern Sami

2 entries
  • nuorta noun (compass point)
  • nuorti noun (compass point)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • aust noun (compass point)
  • øst noun (compass point)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • aust noun (compass point)

Occitan

4 entries
  • Orient name (Eastern world)
  • levant noun (compass point)
  • orient noun (compass point)
  • èst noun (compass point)

Odia

1 entries
  • ପୂର୍ବ noun (compass point)

Ojibwe

2 entries
  • waabang noun (compass point)
  • waabano noun (compass point)

Okinawan

1 entries
  • 東 noun (compass point)

Old Armenian

1 entries
  • արեւելք noun (compass point)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • austr noun (compass point)

Oromo

1 entries
  • baha noun (compass point)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • شرق noun (compass point)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • восток noun (compass point)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • ost noun (compass point)

Pashto

2 entries
  • ختيځ noun (compass point)
  • شرق noun (compass point)

Persian

2 entries
  • شرق name (Eastern world)
  • مشرقزمین name (Eastern world)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • est noun (compass point)

Polish

4 entries
  • wschodni adj (in or towards the east)
  • wschodni adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • wschodni adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • wschodni adj (from the East)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • ao leste adj (in or towards the east)
  • do leste adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • leste adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • oriental adj (in or towards the east)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • پُورَب noun (compass point)
  • ਪੂਰਬ noun (compass point)

Quechua

1 entries
  • intichay noun (compass point)

Rohingya

1 entries
  • fuk adj (in or towards the east)

Romanian

4 entries
  • est adj (in or towards the east)
  • est noun (compass point)
  • orient noun (compass point)
  • răsărit noun (compass point)

Romansch

2 entries
  • (Sutselvisch) oriaint noun (compass point)
  • ost noun (compass point)

Russian

4 entries
  • восто́чный adj (in or towards the east)
  • восто́чный adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • восто́чный adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • восто́чный adj (from the East)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • पूर्व noun (compass point)
  • पूर्वा noun (compass point)

Santali

2 entries
  • ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱝ noun (compass point)
  • ᱯᱩᱨᱩᱵᱽ noun (compass point)

Scots

2 entries
  • aist noun (compass point)
  • eist noun (compass point)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • an ear adj (in or towards the east)
  • an ear adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • sear adj (in or towards the east)
  • sear adj (of or pertaining to the east)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • Istok name (Eastern world)
  • Orijent name (Eastern world)
  • Исток name (Eastern world)
  • Оријент name (Eastern world)

Shor

2 entries
  • кӱн-шығыш noun (compass point)
  • шығыш noun (compass point)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • est noun (compass point)
  • esti noun (compass point)
  • livanti noun (compass point)
  • uriinti noun (compass point)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • නැගෙනහිර noun (compass point)

Slovak

4 entries
  • východný adj (in or towards the east)
  • východný adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • východný adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • východný adj (from the East)

Slovene

4 entries
  • Orient name (Eastern world)
  • Vzhod name (Eastern world)
  • vzhodnik name (wind from the east)
  • vzhod noun (compass point)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • кӱнчыгыш noun (compass point)

Spanish

4 entries
  • oriental adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • oriental adj (from the East)
  • al este adv (towards the east)
  • hacia el este adv (towards the east)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mashariki noun (compass point)

Swedish

4 entries
  • orientalisk adj (from the East)
  • ost adj (in or towards the east)
  • ostlig adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • ostlig adj (of or pertaining to the east)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • silangan adj (in or towards the east)
  • Silangan name (Eastern world)
  • silangan noun (compass point)

Tajik

3 entries
  • Шарқ name (Eastern world)
  • машриқ noun (compass point)
  • шарқ noun (compass point)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கிழக்கு noun (compass point)

Taos

1 entries
  • tə́ybu adv (towards the east)

Tatar

1 entries
  • көнчыгыш noun (compass point)

Telugu

4 entries
  • తూర్పు adj (in or towards the east)
  • తూర్పు adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • తూర్పు adj (from the East)
  • తూర్పుగా adv (towards the east)

Tetum

1 entries
  • lorosa'e noun (compass point)

Thai

4 entries
  • โลกตะวันออก name (Eastern world)
  • ตะวันออก noun (compass point)
  • ทิศตะวันออก noun (compass point)
  • บูรพา noun (compass point)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཤར noun (compass point)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ምብራቕ noun (compass point)

Toba Batak

2 entries
  • habinsaran noun (compass point)
  • purba noun (compass point)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • kauṃ-pirko noun (compass point)

Turkish

4 entries
  • doğu adj (in or towards the east)
  • doğudan adj (from the East)
  • doğulu adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • gün doğusu adj (meteorology: easterly)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • gündogar noun (compass point)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • чөөн чүк noun (compass point)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • шунды ӝужан пал noun (compass point)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎖𐎄𐎎 noun (compass point)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • Схід name (Eastern world)
  • схід noun (compass point)

Urdu

3 entries
  • شَرْق noun (compass point)
  • مَشْرِق noun (compass point)
  • پُورَب noun (compass point)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • شەرق noun (compass point)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • sharq noun (compass point)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • Phương Đông name (Eastern world)
  • phương đông name (Eastern world)
  • hướng đông noun (compass point)
  • phía đông noun (compass point)

Volapük

2 entries
  • lofüdän name (Eastern world)
  • lofüd noun (compass point)

Welsh

4 entries
  • dwyrain adj (in or towards the east)
  • dwyreiniol adj (meteorology: easterly)
  • dwyreiniol adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • o'r dwyrain adj (from the East)

West Coast Bajau

1 entries
  • timur noun (compass point)

West-Frisian

4 entries
  • eastlik adj (in or towards the east)
  • eastlik adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • eastlik adv (towards the east)
  • easten noun (compass point)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 東 /东 noun (compass point)

Xiang Chinese

1 entries
  • 東 /东 noun (compass point)

Yakut

1 entries
  • илин noun (compass point)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מזרח noun (compass point)

Yonaguni

2 entries
  • アンガイ adj (in or towards the east)
  • アンガイ noun (compass point)

Yámana

1 entries
  • itaš noun (compass point)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • akewten adj (in or towards the east)
  • akewtenıc adj (of or pertaining to the east)
  • hetê akewten adj (from the East)
  • rocakewten adj (meteorology: easterly)

Zhuang

3 entries
  • doeng noun (compass point)
  • dungh noun (compass point)
  • dunghfangh noun (compass point)

ǃXóõ

1 entries
  • ǂa̰ã noun (compass point)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The professor gave a lecture on the Middle East.

Source: tatoeba (19008)

The strong east wind lashed at our faces.

Source: tatoeba (19232)

The South East region of England is densely populated.

Source: tatoeba (26152)

It goes without saying that camels are very useful in the Middle East.

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