western
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 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
Related & opposite
- eastern antonym
- West attribute
- occidentalize derivation
- occidental similar to
Sense 2 noun
a sandwich made from a western omelet
Types & categories
- sandwich hypernym
Sense 3 adjective
of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River
a Western ranch
Related & opposite
- eastern antonym
- western United States attribute
- southwestern similar to
- midwestern similar to
- northwestern similar to
- west-central similar to
Sense 4 adjective
lying toward or situated in the west
our company's western office
Related & opposite
- west similar to
Sense 5 adjective
of wind; from the west
Related & opposite
- west wind derivation
- prevailing westerly derivation
- west similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | eastern |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | West |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | occidentalize |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | occidental |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sandwich |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | eastern |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | western United States |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | southwestern |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | midwestern |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | northwestern |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | west-central |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | west |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | west wind |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | prevailing westerly |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | west |