Synonyms for orient

verb

1. To direct

   determine, turn, locate; see lead 1.

2. To adjust

   orientate, get one's bearings, familiarize, adapt; see conform.

3. To turn around

   face, turn, situate, line up, square, true, true up.

noun

1. Eastern Asia

   Far East, Asia, China, Hong Kong, Macao, India, Japan, Vietnam, Siam, Thailand, Laos, Indo-China, Cambodia, Korea, Philippines, Borneo, Java, Burma, Myanmar, the mysterious East, Celestial Kingdom, land of the rising sun, land of Confucianism; see also east 2.

   Antonyms Europe*, Occident, Western World.

2. Southwestern Asia

   Near East, Middle East, Levant, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Persia, Muslim world, Arabia, Golden Crescent, Fertile Crescent, the cradle of mankind; see also east 2.