Western Synonyms and Antonyms

wĕstərn
In or toward the west
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. westerly
  2. westward
  3. occidental
  4. in the west
  5. on the west side
  6. where the sun sets
  7. facing west
  8. from the east
  9. westernly
  10. westernmost
  11. westbound
Antonyms:
  1. eastern
  2. easterly
  3. oriental
Usually capital; having characteristics of Western Civilization
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. grecian
  2. latin
  3. roman
  4. american
  5. european
  6. christian
  7. caucasian
Sometimes capital; having characteristics of the western part of the United States
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. cowboy
  2. middle western
  3. southwestern
  4. far-western
  5. in the sagebrush country
  6. on the Western plains
  7. in the wide open spaces
  8. in the wild west
  9. in the Rockies
  10. in God's country
  11. in the wild and woolly West
  12. out where the men are men
Antonyms:
  1. eastern
A sandwich made from a western omelet
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. western sandwich
A film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. horse-opera

Words Related to Western

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. southern
  2. northern
  3. continental
  4. pacific
  5. british
  6. south-western
  7. mediterranean
  8. south-eastern
  9. north-western
  10. atlantic
  11. southeast

Western Sentence Examples

  • He was dressed in his usual indigo jeans and western shirt.

  • General Greene is leading the Western insurgency.

  • Just then a pleasant looking woman in her sixties dressed in a western shirt and jeans approached the two.

  • There was time for quiet evenings, some jazz and classical music in the Dean's quarters, country and western in Fred's and some totally incomprehensible noise from the small room where Martha Boyd and her boom box now dwelt.

  • The city of twenty-five thousand was located in the south western part of the state.

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