Synonyms for western
ˈwɛs tərnwest·ern

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1. Westernadjective

   occidental

   Antonyms:
   non-Western

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1. Western, horse operanoun

   a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development

   Synonyms:
   western sandwich, horse opera

   Antonyms:
   northeastern, eastern, oriental, east, southeastern, middle Atlantic, mid-Atlantic, east-central

2. western, western sandwichadjective

   a sandwich made from a western omelet

   Synonyms:
   western sandwich, horse opera

   Antonyms:
   east, eastern, mid-Atlantic, northeastern, middle Atlantic, east-central, southeastern, oriental

3. westernadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   westerly

   Antonyms:
   northeastern, southeastern, east-central, east, mid-Atlantic, oriental, middle Atlantic, eastern

4. westernadjective

   of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River

   "a Western ranch"

   Synonyms:
   westerly

   Antonyms:
   eastern, east-central, southeastern, east, mid-Atlantic, northeastern, oriental, middle Atlantic

5. westernadjective

   lying toward or situated in the west

   "our company's western office"

   Synonyms:
   westerly

   Antonyms:
   east-central, mid-Atlantic, southeastern, oriental, east, northeastern, eastern, middle Atlantic

6. westerly, westernadjective

   of wind; from the west

   Synonyms:
   westbound, westerly, westward

   Antonyms:
   east, eastern, northeastern, mid-Atlantic, east-central, oriental, middle Atlantic, southeastern

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1. westernadjective

   Synonyms:
   westerly, WEST

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1. westernadjective

   Synonyms:
   occidental

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1. List of paraphrases for "western":

   west, sai, sahara, bank, occidentale, occidental, ouest, 'ouest, westerners, westerner, westerly, balkans, western-style, westen

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1. State Department:

   From his support of FARC, to his failure to assist those seeking freedom in Cuba, Joe Biden and his Democrat party have consistently sided with Marxist elements throughout the Western Hemisphere.

2. Paul Meade:

   The risk of someone getting the flu is infinitely greater than the risk of getting coronavirus if you're cruising in the Western Hemisphere, or even to Hawaii.

3. Ken Burns:

   We tend to think of Country Music as one thing, but it's always been many things, country Music omnivorously wants to grab cowboy music and western swing, and the Bakersfield sound and the Nashville sound, countrypolitan and all the various permutations of string bands up and down Appalachia, one of which branches off into a whole new genre called bluegrass. Country Music's never ending and Country Music's omnivorous and Country Music's not Country Music. Country Music's always been connected. There's no border. No passports required, that allows you to go into RB or allows you to go into jazz or allows you to go into folk or rock. It is, in fact, one of the parents of rock with RB.

4. Jacob Russell:

   I was wary of making images that fed into this idea of the heroic strong women fighters, i think that the female fighters are used quite cynically by Kurdish leaders (who) know very well how attractive this image is to the Western media.

5. Kevin Birn:

   The accident is a manifestation of increased crude-by-rail from Western Canada due to pipeline constraints.