westward

Examples

• All

• As they were moving westward, Pronek felt the warmth of a sunbeam tickling his neck.

  Fiction book (2000)

• You are welcome to join us on our journey westward.

  Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991)

• You brought your cattle westward, but is this your promised land?

  Chisum (1970)

• Then I shall be riding westward.

  Solomon Kane (2009)

• Today is that last step westward with no stop signs... no traffic signals, from downtown to the beach in 20 minutes.

  L.A. Confidential (1997)

• In June 1938, the Japanese army was advancing rapidly westward across northern China.

  Academic text (1992)

• So when they saw that the persecution continued even here, well, that started a long and painful migration westward.

  The Wicker Man (2006)

• Most survivors fled to the southern peninsula or westward toward the Suwannee River.

  Academic text (2017)

• The men no longer sang the boatmen's songs, but rode westward with determination, if not enjoyment.

  Fiction book (1994)

• You are welcome to join us on our journey westward.

Synonyms

W

west

vswestward

442 1.0

Toward the side where the sun sets

is about movement toward that direction rather than merely facing it

W

westbound

vswestward

9 2.8

Going toward the west

can describe direction without implying active travel

D

due west

vswestward

9 1.2

The direction straight to the west on a compass

is general direction and not limited to an exact compass bearing

W

westerly

vswestward

1 3.1

In a westward direction

focuses on movement toward the sunset direction, not on origin

Antonyms

E

eastward

1 1.0

Toward the east across land and sea

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology