East synonyms

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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.
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eastward
Situated or directed towards the east.
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the Atlantic seaboard
The eastern part of the United States
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asia
(Historical) A province of the Roman Empire located in what is now western Turkey.
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east side
Situated to the east
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easterly
Facing the east; directed towards the east.
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to the east
Going toward the east
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toward the east
Going toward the east
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in an easterly direction
Going toward the east
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westbound
Which is, or will be, moving towards the west.
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headed west
Coming from the east
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out of the east
Coming from the east
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westward
Lying toward the west.
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tending to the west
Coming from the east
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tending toward the west
Coming from the east
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the eastern states
The eastern part of the United States
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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
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land east of the Appalachians
The eastern part of the United States
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land east of the Mississippi
The eastern part of the United States
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the Northeast
The eastern part of the United States
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the Southeast
The eastern part of the United States
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older sections of the country
The eastern part of the United States
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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.
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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
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far-east
The region encompassing East Asia, Southeast Asia, and sometimes South Asia.
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middle-east
(Dated) The region between the Near East and the Far East.
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mideast
The eastern part of Eurasia
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southeast-asia
A subregion of Asia, comprising the territories of Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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orient
The part of the horizon where the sun first appears in the morning; the east.
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Indian subcontinent
The eastern part of Eurasia
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arabia
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.
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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.
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siberia
A remote undesirable locale:
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Mongolia; for countries in the East
The eastern part of Eurasia
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south (related)
The cardinal point on the mariner's compass 180° clockwise from due north and directly opposite north.
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boston (related)
A kind of waltz
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new-york (related)
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.
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washington (related)
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.
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gerontogeous
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oriental
Alternative capitalization of Oriental
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orientate
(UK, intransitive) To face (a given direction).
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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
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due east
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
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e
A key or scale in which E is the tonic.
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west (antonym)
In, of, or toward that part of a church directly opposite the altar
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eastwardly
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eastwards
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eastabout
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north (related)
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south-east (related)
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north-east (related)
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north-west (related)
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southwest (related)
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south-west (related)
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northwest (related)
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southeast (related)
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eastern (related)
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nw (related)
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southern (related)
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Yorksire (related)
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in the east
Situated to the east
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on the east side of
Situated to the east
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toward the sunrise
Situated to the east
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lying toward the east
Situated to the east
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situated toward the east
Situated to the east
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easternmost
Farthest east
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eastmost
Furthest to the east; most eastern.
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eastbound
Bound east; going eastward
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headed east
Going toward the east
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westerly
A wind, especially a prevailing wind, that blows from the west. The prevailing winds in the middle latitudes are westerlies.
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east coast
A region of the eastern United States along the Atlantic coast, especially the urban corridor from Boston to Washington, DC.
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  • Sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

  • Lightening flashed in the east and thunder rumbled a posthumous threat.

  • Standing on the smooth sandy beach at the east end of the pond, in a calm September afternoon, when a slight haze makes the opposite shore-line indistinct, I have seen whence came the expression, "the glassy surface of a lake."

  • I parked our car here, at the East Boston airport, as we were scheduled to return together by air.

  • His gaze turned to the east, where yellow lined the horizon.

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