Orient Synonyms and Antonyms

ôrē-ənt, -ĕnt
To direct
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. determine
  2. turn
  3. point
  4. locate
To adjust
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. orientate
  2. conform
  3. adapt
  4. familiarize
  5. get one's bearings
  6. acclimatize
  7. accommodate
  8. accustom
  9. tailor
  10. adjust
  11. align
  12. locate
Antonyms:
  1. disorient
To turn around
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. face
  2. turn
  3. situate
  4. line-up
  5. square
  6. true
  7. true-up
Eastern Asia
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. east
  2. far-east
  3. asia
  4. china
  5. hong-kong
  6. macao
  7. india
  8. japan
  9. vietnam
  10. siam
  11. thailand
  12. laos
  13. indo-china
  14. cambodia
  15. korea
  16. philippines
  17. eastern-hemisphere
  18. borneo
  19. java
  20. burma
  21. myanmar
  22. the mysterious East
  23. Celestial Kingdom
  24. land-of-the-rising-sun
  25. land of Confucianism
Antonyms:
  1. europe
  2. occident
  3. western-world
Southwestern Asia
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. near-east
  2. middle-east
  3. levant
  4. egypt
  5. turkey
  6. syria
  7. lebanon
  8. israel
  9. jordan
  10. iraq
  11. iran
  12. persia
  13. Muslim world
  14. arabia
  15. Golden Crescent
  16. fertile-crescent
  17. the cradle of mankind

Orient Sentence Examples

  • The forest swallowed the city before she could orient herself.

  • Deciding to use the sun to orient herself, she detoured around several dense patches of blackberry bushes.

  • Her eyes flew up to the guard as she sought to orient herself once again.

  • The Caspian remained; and it had for long been a common saying with foreign merchants that the best way of tapping the riches of the Orient was to secure possession of this vast inland lake.

  • They first brought the products and arts of the Orient into western Europe; and in the Netherlands, by the impulse that they gave to commerce, they were one of the primary causes of the rise of the chartered towns.

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