East Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for East
Facing the east; directed towards the east.
Situated or directed towards the east.
Which is, or will be, moving towards the west.
the Atlantic seaboard
The eastern part of the United States
to the east
Going toward the east
in an easterly direction
Going toward the east
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headed west
Coming from the east
out of the east
Coming from the east
tending to the west
Coming from the east
tending toward the west
Coming from the east
the eastern states
The eastern part of the United States
the Eastern seaboard
The eastern part of the United States
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land east of the Alleghenies
The eastern part of the United States
land east of the Appalachians
The eastern part of the United States
land east of the Mississippi
The eastern part of the United States
the Northeast
The eastern part of the United States
the Southeast
The eastern part of the United States
older sections of the country
The eastern part of the United States
rust belt
A heavily industrialized area containing older factories, particularly those that are marginally profitable or that have been closed.
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snowbelt
The northern and northeast United States.
asia-minor
A large peninsula, mostly coterminous with Anatolia, between the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea; it makes up the Asian part of Turkey
far-east
The region encompassing East Asia, Southeast Asia, and sometimes South Asia.
(Dated) The region between the Near East and the Far East.
The eastern part of Eurasia
Indian subcontinent
The eastern part of Eurasia
A peninsula of southwest Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Politically, it includes Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait. Arabia has an estimated one third of the world's oil reserves.
mesopotamia
An ancient region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in modern-day Iraq. Probably settled before 5000 bc , the area was the home of numerous early civilizations, including Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, and Assyria. It declined in importance after Mongol invaders destroyed its extensive irrigation system in ad 1258.
siberia
A remote undesirable locale:
Mongolia; for countries in the East
The eastern part of Eurasia
gerontogeous
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Alternative capitalization of Oriental
eastern United States
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
A key or scale in which E is the tonic.
eastwardly
eastabout
near-east
A region of southwest Asia generally defined as including Asia Minor, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. The Near East is sometimes considered also to include the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, and the area around the Nile River in northeast Africa.
Situated to the east
in the east
Situated to the east
on the east side of
Situated to the east
toward the sunrise
Situated to the east
lying toward the east
Situated to the east
situated toward the east
Situated to the east
Farthest east
Bound east; going eastward
toward the east
Going toward the east
headed east
Going toward the east
A wind, especially a prevailing wind, that blows from the west. The prevailing winds in the middle latitudes are westerlies.
east coast
A region of the eastern United States along the Atlantic coast, especially the urban corridor from Boston to Washington, DC.
Antonyms for East
In, of, or toward that part of a church directly opposite the altar
Words Related to East
The cardinal point on the mariner's compass 180° clockwise from due north and directly opposite north.
A kind of waltz
A state of the northeast United States. One of the original Thirteen Colonies, it was explored by Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson and claimed by the Dutch in 1624 but fell to the English in 1664–1667. New York ratified the United States Constitution in 1788. The building of the Erie Canal and railroad lines in the 1820s and 1830s led to development of the western part of the state and great economic prosperity, establishing New York City as the financial center of the nation. Albany is the capital and New York City the largest city.
The capital of the United States, on the Potomac River between Virginia and Maryland and coextensive with the District of Columbia. It was designed by Pierre L'Enfant and became the capital in 1800. In the War of 1812 the British captured and sacked (1814) Washington, burning most of the public buildings, including the Capitol and the White House.
south-east
north-east
north-west
south-west
Yorksire
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