Some scholars ascribe the settlement of America to social unrest in Western Europe.
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Western
//ˈwɛstɚn//
Synonyms for "western" (125 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (62)
mythosnewsreelnorthnorthboundnortheastnortheasterlynortheasternnortherlynorthernnorthernmostnorthwestnorthwesterlynudienursery taleorientalparablephotodramaphotoplaypicturepicture show
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pornographic filmpreviewromancesci fiscience fictionshockershortsilentsilent filmskin flicksneak previewsouthsouthboundsoutheastsoutheasterlysoutheasternsoutherlysouthernsouthernmostsouthwestsouthwesterlyspace fictionspace operaspaghetti westernsuspense storytalkietalking picturetechnicolorthrillertrailerunderground filmwest centralwestboundwestern storywesternerwesternmostwhodunitwork of fiction
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Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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3 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
7 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
106 entriesShowing 16 of 106 words.
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6 entriesrelated to
14 entriessimilar
13 entriesTranslations
181 translations across 76 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- perëndimor adj (pertaining to the west)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δυτικός adj (pertaining to the west)
Arabic
4 entries- غَرْبِيّ adj (pertaining to the west)
- الْغَرْب noun (film or other dramatic work)
- فِيلْم غَرْب أَمْرِيكِيّ noun (film or other dramatic work)
- وِيسْتَرْن noun (film or other dramatic work)
Armenian
3 entries- արևմտյան adj (pertaining to the west)
- արևմտյան adj (blowing from the west)
- վեստերն noun (film or other dramatic work)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- qərb adj (pertaining to the west)
- qərbi adj (pertaining to the west)
- vestern noun (film or other dramatic work)
Belarusian
3 entries- захо́дні adj (pertaining to the west)
- ве́стэрн noun (film or other dramatic work)
- вэ́стэрн noun (film or other dramatic work)
Bengali
2 entries- পশ্চিমা adj (pertaining to the west)
- পশ্চিমী adj (pertaining to the west)
Bulgarian
2 entries- за́паден adj (pertaining to the west)
- уе́стърн noun (film or other dramatic work)
Burmese
1 entries- အနောက် adj (pertaining to the west)
Catalan
1 entries- occidental adj (pertaining to the west)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 西 adj (pertaining to the west)
- 西方的 adj (pertaining to the west)
- 西部片 noun (film or other dramatic work)
- 西部電影 /西部电影 noun (film or other dramatic work)
Czech
2 entries- západní adj (pertaining to the west)
- western noun (film or other dramatic work)
Danish
3 entries- vestlig adj (pertaining to the west)
- western noun (film or other dramatic work)
- westernfilm noun (film or other dramatic work)
Dutch
4 entries- westelijk adj (pertaining to the west)
- westelijk adj (blowing from the west)
- westers adj (pertaining to the west)
- cowboyfilm noun (film or other dramatic work)
Esperanto
1 entries- okcidenta adj (pertaining to the west)
Estonian
2 entries- lääne adj (pertaining to the west)
- läänelik adj (pertaining to the west)
Finnish
4 entries- lännen adj (of or pertaining to a genre dealing with the Old West)
- länsi adj (pertaining to the west)
- länsi adj (blowing from the west)
- länsimainen adj (pertaining to the west)
French
2 entries- occidental adj (pertaining to the west)
- western noun (film or other dramatic work)
Galician
1 entries- occidental adj (pertaining to the west)
Georgian
4 entries- დასავლეთიდან adj (blowing from the west)
- დასავლეთის adj (pertaining to the west)
- დასავლეთის adj (blowing from the west)
- დასავლური adj (pertaining to the west)
German
3 entries- West adj (pertaining to the west)
- westlich adj (pertaining to the west)
- Western noun (film or other dramatic work)
Greek
2 entries- δυτικός adj (pertaining to the west)
- γουέστερν noun (film or other dramatic work)
Gujarati
1 entries- આથમણું adj (pertaining to the west)
Hebrew
2 entries- מַעֲרָבִי adj (pertaining to the west)
- מַעֲרָבוֹן noun (film or other dramatic work)
Hindi
2 entries- पश्चिमी adj (pertaining to the west)
- वॅस्टर्न noun (film or other dramatic work)
Hungarian
2 entries- nyugati adj (pertaining to the west)
- westernfilm noun (film or other dramatic work)
Icelandic
2 entries- vestur adj (pertaining to the west)
- vestri noun (film or other dramatic work)
Ingrian
1 entries- länsiin adj (pertaining to the west)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- وِسْتِرْن noun (film or other dramatic work)
Irish
3 entries- an iarthair adj (pertaining to the west)
- thiar adj (pertaining to the west)
- iartharán noun (film or other dramatic work)
Italian
2 entries- occidentale adj (pertaining to the west)
- western noun (film or other dramatic work)
Japanese
4 entries- 西の adj (pertaining to the west)
- 西方の adj (pertaining to the west)
- ウェスタン noun (film or other dramatic work)
- ウエスタン noun (film or other dramatic work)
Kazakh
1 entries- батыс adj (pertaining to the west)
Khmer
2 entries- ខាងលិច adj (pertaining to the west)
- កុនខោវប៊យ noun (film or other dramatic work)
Korean
4 entries- 서쪽의 adj (pertaining to the west)
- 서부극 noun (film or other dramatic work)
- 서부영화 noun (film or other dramatic work)
- 웨스턴 noun (film or other dramatic work)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- батыш adj (pertaining to the west)
- батыштык adj (pertaining to the west)
Lao
1 entries- ຕາເວັນຕົກ adj (pertaining to the west)
Latin
2 entries- occidentale adj (pertaining to the west)
- occidentalis adj (pertaining to the west)
Latvian
2 entries- rietumu adj (pertaining to the west)
- vesterns noun (film or other dramatic work)
Lithuanian
3 entries- vakarinis adj (pertaining to the west)
- vakarų adj (pertaining to the west)
- vesternas noun (film or other dramatic work)
Macedonian
2 entries- западен adj (pertaining to the west)
- вестерн noun (film or other dramatic work)
Malayalam
1 entries- പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ adj (pertaining to the west)
Māori
2 entries- māuru adj (pertaining to the west)
- pikitia kaupoai noun (film or other dramatic work)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- rojavayî adj (pertaining to the west)
Norwegian
1 entries- vestlig adj (blowing from the west)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- vestlig adj (pertaining to the west)
- vestre adj (pertaining to the west)
- villvestfilm noun (film or other dramatic work)
- western noun (film or other dramatic work)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- vestleg adj (pertaining to the west)
- vestre adj (pertaining to the west)
- villvestfilm noun (film or other dramatic work)
- western noun (film or other dramatic work)
Occitan
1 entries- occidental adj (pertaining to the west)
Pashto
1 entries- غربي adj (pertaining to the west)
Persian
1 entries- غربی adj (pertaining to the west)
Polish
3 entries- zachodni adj (pertaining to the west)
- zachodni adj (blowing from the west)
- western noun (film or other dramatic work)
Portuguese
4 entries- ocidental adj (pertaining to the west)
- ocidental adj (blowing from the west)
- bangue-bangue noun (film or other dramatic work)
- faroeste noun (film or other dramatic work)
Romanian
3 entries- apusean adj (pertaining to the west)
- occidental adj (pertaining to the west)
- vestic adj (pertaining to the west)
Russian
3 entries- за́падный adj (pertaining to the west)
- за́падный adj (blowing from the west)
- ве́стерн noun (film or other dramatic work)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- an iar adj (pertaining to the west)
- siar adj (pertaining to the west)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- zapadni adj (blowing from the west)
- zapadnjački adj (pertaining to the west)
- zȃpadnī adj (pertaining to the west)
- за̑паднӣ adj (pertaining to the west)
Slovak
3 entries- západný adj (pertaining to the west)
- indiánka noun (film or other dramatic work)
- western noun (film or other dramatic work)
Slovene
1 entries- zahoden adj (pertaining to the west)
Spanish
3 entries- occidental adj (pertaining to the west)
- oesteño adj (pertaining to the west)
- western noun (film or other dramatic work)
Swedish
4 entries- västanvind adj (blowing from the west)
- västlig adj (pertaining to the west)
- västern noun (film or other dramatic work)
- västernfilm noun (film or other dramatic work)
Tajik
1 entries- ғарбӣ adj (pertaining to the west)
Tatar
1 entries- көнбатыш adj (pertaining to the west)
Telugu
1 entries- పడమటి adj (pertaining to the west)
Thai
1 entries- ตะวันตก adj (pertaining to the west)
Turkish
4 entries- batı adj (pertaining to the west)
- batı adj (blowing from the west)
- batısal adj (pertaining to the west)
- batısal adj (blowing from the west)
Turkmen
1 entries- günbatar adj (pertaining to the west)
Udmurt
1 entries- ӝытпал adj (pertaining to the west)
Ukrainian
2 entries- за́хідний adj (pertaining to the west)
- ве́стерн noun (film or other dramatic work)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- zapadny adj (pertaining to the west)
Urdu
3 entries- غَرْبی adj (pertaining to the west)
- مَغْرِبی adj (pertaining to the west)
- ویسْٹَرْن noun (film or other dramatic work)
Uyghur
1 entries- غەربىي adj (pertaining to the west)
Uzbek
1 entries- gʻarbiy adj (pertaining to the west)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tây adj (pertaining to the west)
Volapük
2 entries- vesüdik adj (pertaining to the west)
- vesüdänik adj (pertaining to the west)
Welsh
1 entries- gorllewinol adj (pertaining to the west)
Yiddish
1 entries- מערבֿדיק adj (pertaining to the west)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
In foreign countries, especially in Western countries, students are encouraged to express and develop themselves as individuals.
Source: tatoeba (21959)
France is in western Europe.
Source: tatoeba (34175)
They are much better than Western baths.
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