'Western' definitions:
Definition of 'western'
(from WordNet)
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"; "Western thought"; "Western thought" [ant: eastern]
adjective
Of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River; "a Western ranch" [ant: eastern]
adjective
Lying toward or situated in the west; "our company's western office"
adjective
Of wind; from the west [syn: westerly, western]
noun
A film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development [syn: Western, horse opera]
noun
A sandwich made from a western omelet [syn: western, western sandwich]
Definition of 'Western'
From: GCIDE
- Western \West"ern\, a. [1913 Webster]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean. [1913 Webster]
- Far o'er the glowing western main. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze. [1913 Webster]
- Western Church. See Latin Church, under Latin.
- Western empire (Hist.), the western portion of the Roman empire, as divided, by the will of Theodosius the Great, between his sons Honorius and Arcadius, a. d. 395. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Western'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 3-D,
- adventure story,
- allegory,
- animated cartoon,
- apologue,
- bedtime story,
- black-and-white film,
- cartoon,
- chiller,
- cinema,
- Cinemascope,
- Cinerama,
- color film,
- creepie,
- detective story,
- documentary,
- documentary film,
- educational film,
- fable,
- fabliau,
- fairy tale,
- fantasy,
- feature,
- fiction,
- film,
- flick,
- flicker,
- folk story,
- folktale,
- gest,
- ghost story,
- horror picture,
- horse opera,
- legend,
- love story,
- Marchen,
- motion picture,
- motion-picture show,
- movie,
- moving picture,
- mystery,
- mystery story,
- myth,
- mythology,
- mythos,
- newsreel,
- nudie,
- nursery tale,
- parable,
- photodrama,
- photoplay,
- picture,
- picture show,
- pornographic film,
- preview,
- romance,
- science fiction,
- shocker,
- short,
- silent,
- silent film,
- skin flick,
- sneak preview,
- space fiction,
- space opera,
- spaghetti Western,
- suspense story,
- talkie,
- talking picture,
- Technicolor,
- thriller,
- trailer,
- underground film,
- Western story,
- Westerner,
- whodunit,
- work of fiction
Synonyms of 'western'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antarctic,
- arctic,
- austral,
- boreal,
- east,
- eastbound,
- easterly,
- eastermost,
- eastern,
- easternmost,
- horse opera,
- hyperborean,
- meridional,
- north,
- northbound,
- northeast,
- northeasterly,
- northeastern,
- northerly,
- northern,
- northernmost,
- northwest,
- northwesterly,
- northwestern,
- occidental,
- oriental,
- south,
- southbound,
- southeast,
- southeasterly,
- southeastern,
- southerly,
- southern,
- southernmost,
- southwest,
- southwesterly,
- southwestern,
- west,
- westbound,
- westerly,
- westernmost
Western, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Western, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000) :
287
Housing Units (2000) :
151
Land area (2000) :
0.445541 sq. miles (1.153947 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.445541 sq. miles (1.153947 sq. km)
FIPS code :
52295
Located within :
Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location :
40.392050 N, 97.198259 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
68464
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Western'
- Westerner,
- westernization,
- westernize,
- Western Chinquapin,
- Western Church,
- Western Grove,
- Western Springs,
- Western empire,
- Western schism,
- Western wallflower,
- Western, NE,
- country and western,
- spaghetti western,
- western australia,
- western ax,
- western axe,
- western birch,
- western blackberry,
- western buttercup,
- western chimpanzee,
- western chokecherry,
- western civilization,
- western culture,
- western dewberry,
- western diamondback,
- western hemisphere,
- western hemlock,
- western islands,
- western isles,
- western kingbird,
- western larch,
- western meadowlark,
- western mugwort,
- western omelet,
- western pasqueflower,
- western pipistrel,
- western poppy,
- western ragweed,
- western rattlesnake,
- western redbud,
- western saddle,
- western sahara,
- western samoa,
- western sandwich,
- western saxifrage,
- western skink,
- western spadefoot,
- western tamarack,
- western tanager,
- western toad,
- western wheatgrass,
- western whiptail,
- western yew,
- Western Grove, AR,
- Western Springs, IL,
- capital of western samoa,
- western balsam poplar,
- western blind snake,
- western box turtle,
- western coral snake,
- western crab apple,
- western diamondback rattlesnake,
- western fence lizard,
- western gray squirrel,
- western grey squirrel,
- western holly fern,
- western honey mesquite,
- western ladies' tresses,
- western lowland gorilla,
- western mountain ash,
- western paper birch,
- western poison oak,
- western prince's pine,
- western red cedar,
- western ribbon snake,
- western roman empire,
- western sand cherry,
- western silvery aster,
- western united states,
- western wall flower,
- western white pine,
- western wood pewee,
- western yellow pine,
- western australia coral pea,
- western malayo-polynesian,
- western samoan monetary unit,
- western big-eared bat,
- western black-legged tick,
- western narrow-mouthed toad,
- western red-backed salamander