Synonyms for eastern
ˈi stərneast·ern

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1. easternadjective

   lying toward or situated in the east

   "the eastern end of the island"

   Synonyms:
   easterly

   Antonyms:
   occidental, southwestern, western, northwestern, west, west-central, Hesperian, midwestern

2. easternadjective

   of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States

   "the Eastern establishment"

   Synonyms:
   easterly

   Antonyms:
   midwestern, northwestern, west, west-central, occidental, western, southwestern, Hesperian

3. easterly, easternadjective

   lying in or toward the east

   "the east side of New York"; "eastern cities"

   Synonyms:
   easterly

   Antonyms:
   northwestern, west, midwestern, west-central, western, southwestern, occidental, Hesperian

4. easternadjective

   relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world

   "Eastern Europe"; "the Eastern religions"

   Synonyms:
   easterly

   Antonyms:
   west, southwestern, west-central, Hesperian, western, occidental, northwestern, midwestern

5. easterly, easternadjective

   from the east; used especially of winds

   "an eastern wind"; "the winds are easterly"

   Synonyms:
   easterly

   Antonyms:
   western, west, occidental, west-central, midwestern, northwestern, southwestern, Hesperian

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1. easternadjective

   Synonyms:
   oriental, orient

2. easternadjective

   Synonyms:
   towards the east

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1. easternadjective

   Synonyms:
   oriental, orient, ortive

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1. List of paraphrases for "eastern":

   east, timor, oriental, orientale, tung, timorese, dongbu, leste, southeast, dongfang, sharqiya, eastward, south-east, couleuvre, al-sharqi

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1. Chief Financial Officer Tim Weller:

   Given our strength in the middle eastern region, it will be a natural extension of our core onshore EPC( engineering, procurement and commissioning) business to start work in that particular country.

2. Brad Rippey:

   Spring is coming early in much of the Southern and Eastern US, here in the mid-Atlantic, that means everything from budding trees to crocuses in bloom to spring peepers making lots of noise — and in February, no less.

3. Floyd Shockley:

   Anytime that you find an insect species not in a place that you’re used to it being, that has a lot of implications for our understanding of that species — the kind of distribution it has, the kind of ecosystem that it might require to complete its lifecycle, it means something that we thought was gone, at least from the Eastern US, may still be there, and it’s just hiding in small pockets.

4. Yehor Bozhok:

   If heavy weapons are withdrawn on our eastern border under the Minsk deal, then fine. But if the situation escalates, then we will again raise the issue of sophisticated defensive weaponry with our western partners, we are not going to attack anybody, but we would like to protect ourselves.

5. Climate Prediction Center:

   This will lead to the chances for scattered flash floods, particularly over parts of central/eastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas on Tuesday night.