east
Noun
east
- One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox.
- 1895: Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure — In a few hours the birds come to it from all points of the compass – east, west, north, and south...
Synonyms:
- (situated or lying in or towards the east): eastward
- (meteorology: wind from the east): easterly
- (of or pertaining to the east): eastern
- (from the East): oriental
Antonyms:
- (situated or lying in or towards the east): [[westward]]
- (meteorology: wind from the east): [[westerly]]
- (of or pertaining to the east): [[western]]
4 letters in word "east": A E S T.
Anagrams of east:
Words found within east:
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