western
- adjective
- /ˈwɛstərn/
- US
- The hiking trail offers stunning views of the western mountains at sunset.
- the western United States
- western state
- western part
Examples
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The western regions are known for their diverse wildlife and expansive national parks.
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Although he was from western Massachusetts and I was from Western New York State.
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Confirmed target area: Western United States.
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The western forces are stopped 120 miles from the sea.
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A foundation is working toward building a full-scale model in the western United States.
Academic text (2011) -
I had just moved to this western industrial town and didn't know a soul.
Fiction book (1990) -
This is along the Erie Canal in the western part of the state.
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I have been in that predicament myself, in Western Virginia and then in the Carolinas.
Fiction book (1992) -
Members of the People's Liberation Army have entered this western region of China... at the urging of the Tibetan minority.
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Pursuits shifted northward into the Texas Panhandle, western Oklahoma, and south-central Kansas.
Academic text (1999)
Antonyms
Idioms
- Literature
Nothing important or unusual is happening now after recent activity
Compounds
Countries in Europe, North America, and South America that have similar ways of life, governments, and economies
Culture, ideas, and social systems of Western Europe and North America that began in ancient Greece and Rome
A group of shared ideas, customs, and ways of living from Europe and North America
- Archaic
Music from the southern United States often played on guitar or fiddle with simple tunes
The part of the United States west of the Mississippi River, including California and Nevada
- Specialized
A large evergreen tree with reddish durable wood used for building and furniture
- South African
A large ape from the forests of western Central Africa that is the most common gorilla
- Australian
A vigorous climbing plant from Western Australia with dense clusters of bright pink-purple flowers
- Specialized
A tall tree from western North America with dark glossy leaves and silvery or rusty undersides
- Specialized
A tree with brownish bark that grows in western parts of the United States
- Specialized
A bat with very large ears that lives in western North America
A wildflower from western North America that lives many years and has shiny yellow flowers
- Specialized
A type of chimpanzee that lives in West Africa and has lighter faces and different genes from other chimpanzees
A small tree or bush with small sour dark fruit used for jam and eaten by birds
- Specialized
A tick in the western United States that bites people and spreads Lyme disease
A wild bush that produces long black berries and grows in western North America
A small, slender snake that lives underground in the western United States deserts and has very poor sight
- Specialized
A land turtle with a shell that closes living on prairies in the western United States and northern Mexico
- Specialized
A wild blackberry bush with long black fruit that grows in western North America
A large venomous rattlesnake with diamond-shaped marks on its back from the United States and Mexico
A large snake that has venom, a rattle, and diamond markings that lives in the US Southwest and Mexico
- Specialized
A common scaly reptile in western North America that basks on rocks and logs
- Specialized
A metal or wooden instrument held sideways and played by blowing across a hole used in orchestras and bands
A snake with venom and red, yellow, black bands that lives in southwest US and Central America
- Specialized
A large gray tree squirrel with a bushy tail that lives in western United States forests
A group of islands off the west coast of Scotland, also called the Outer Hebrides, including Lewis and Harris
- Specialized
A large western North American bird with a pale grey back, yellow belly, and black tail that catches insects
- Specialized
A small wild plant in western United States with white flowers arranged in a spiral
- Specialized
A tall evergreen tree from western North America that provides soft wood for building
A thorny small tree with deep roots that grows in dry areas and has sweet pods used as animal feed
- Specialized
A North American plant with thick, shiny, sharp-edged leaves that grows in mountains
- Specialized
A tall North American tree with needles that turn golden in autumn and long cones, valued for strong wood
A small tree from the western coast of North America with groups of red berries
A plant with soft white leaves that smell strong and lives for many years in the southwestern United States
A small toad with smooth tough skin that hides and lives in central and western North America
- Specialized
A group of related languages spoken in parts of Southeast Asia and the western Pacific
- Specialized
A medium-sized bird with a bright yellow chest that sings in open grasslands
A birch tree from the western United States with brown bark and thin branches
A venomous snake with a rattle on its tail that lives in western North America
- Specialized
A tough wild plant with creeping roots that grows in dry, rocky places in the US southwest and Mexico
A small salamander with a red stripe on its back that lives in moist Pacific coast forests
A shrub from the western United States with bright pink or crimson flowers that grows in dense groups
A plant that lives many years in western North America with large hairy white flowers
- Specialized
A small bat from western North America that eats insects and lives in dry areas
A poisonous shrub on the west coast of North America that causes an itchy skin rash when touched
A plant that lives for one year with bright red flowers that grows in California
A small plant from Europe and Asia with white or pink flowers in a cluster at the top
A region in northwest Africa on the Atlantic coast that many countries disagree about and that Morocco mostly controls
A sandwich with an egg omelet, ham, onions, and peppers between slices of bread
A small plant with white flowers that grows on moist slopes in western North America
- Formal
A split in the Catholic Church from 1378 to 1417 when rival popes ruled from Rome and Avignon
A thin North American snake with yellow or red stripes that is not poisonous and often lives near water
A North American plant that lives for many years with silvery leaves and purple flowers in grasslands and open woods
A grass that lives many years in western North America and that farm animals eat
A fast lizard with dark markings that is active in the day and lives in dry western areas
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Western (for the United States) uses the same root west, meaning 'where the sun sets'; as settlers moved into the land to the west, the word western came to mean the region and its way of life.