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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees;
[syn: west, due west, westward, W]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. moving toward the west;
- Example: "westbound pioneers"
[syn: westbound, westerly, westward]


ADVERB (1)

1. toward the west;
- Example: "they traveled westward toward the setting sun"
[syn: westward, westwards]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Westward \West"ward\, a. Lying toward the west. [1913 Webster] Yond same star that's westward from the pole. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Westward \West"ward\, n. The western region or countries; the west. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Westward \West"ward\, Westwards \West"wards\, adv. [AS. westweard. See West, and -ward. ] Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward. [1913 Webster] Westward the course of empire takes its way. --Berkeley. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

westward adv 1: toward the west; "they traveled westward toward the setting sun" [syn: westward, westwards] adj 1: moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers" [syn: westbound, westerly, westward] n 1: the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees [syn: west, due west, westward, W]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "westward": W, cardinal points, compass card, compass rose, degrees, east, eastward, half points, lubber line, north, northeast, northward, northwest, occident, orient, quarter points, rhumb, south, southeast, southward, southwest, sunrise, sunset, west, westabout, westerly, westernly, westwardly, westwards
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Westward sea-ward, i.e., toward the Mediterranean (Deut. 3:27).