western

Plural: westerns

Noun

• A person living in or coming from the west.
• a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
• a sandwich made from a western omelet
• A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850–1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture.

Adjective

• relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts
  • "the Western world"
  • "Western thought"
  • "Western thought"
• of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River
  • "a Western ranch"

Adjective Satellite

• lying toward or situated in the west
  • "our company's western office"
• of wind; from the west

Adj

• Of, facing, situated in, or related to the west.
• Blowing from the west; westerly.
• Occidental.

Examples

• He was a true Words With Friends WESTERN, always playing words with a rugged, frontier spirit.
• the western approaches

Synonyms

horse opera, westerly, western sandwich, oater

Antonyms

eastern

Related Words

eastern, north-eastern, north-western, northern, south-eastern, south-western, southern

Anagrams of western