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western |
Grep of noun western capital of western samoa country and western southwestern western western australia western australia coral pea western ax western axe western balsam poplar western big-eared bat western birch western black-legged tick western blackberry western blind snake western box turtle western buttercup western chimpanzee western chokecherry western church western coral snake western crab apple western dewberry western diamondback western diamondback rattlesnake western fence lizard western gray squirrel western hemisphere western hemlock western holly fern western honey mesquite western islands western isles western kingbird western ladies' tresses western larch western lowland gorilla western malayo-polynesian western meadowlark western mountain ash western mugwort western narrow-mouthed toad western omelet western paper birch western pasqueflower western pipistrel western poison oak western poppy western prince's pine western ragweed western rattlesnake western red-backed salamander western red cedar western redbud western ribbon snake western saddle western sahara western samoa western samoan monetary unit western sand cherry western sandwich western saxifrage western silvery aster western skink western spadefoot western tamarack western tanager western toad western wall flower western wheatgrass western whiptail western white pine western wood pewee western yellow pine western yew westerner westernisation westernization Overview of noun western The noun western has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) Western, horse opera -- (a film about life in the western US during the period of exploration and development) 2. western, western sandwich -- (a sandwich made from a western omelet) Overview of adj western The adj western has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (21) western -- (relating to or characteristic of regions of western parts of the world; "the Western Hemisphere"; "Western Europe"; "the Western Roman Empire") 2. (10) westerly, western -- (lying in or toward the west) 3. (3) western -- (of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River; "a Western ranch") 4. (1) western -- (lying toward or situated in the west; "our company's western office") 5. westerly, western -- (of wind; from the west) 6. country, folk, hillbilly, western -- ((of music) characteristic of rural life) Antonyms of adj western 6 senses of western Sense 1 western (vs. eastern) eastern (vs. western) => Asian, oriental => orient Sense 2 westerly, western INDIRECT (VIA west) -> east Sense 3 western (vs. eastern) eastern (vs. western) => east-central => middle Atlantic, mid-Atlantic => northeastern => southeastern Sense 4 western INDIRECT (VIA west) -> east Sense 5 westerly, western INDIRECT (VIA west) -> east Sense 6 country(postnominal), folk(postnominal), hillbilly, western(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA nonclassical) -> classical Similarity of adj western 6 senses of western Sense 1 western (vs. eastern) => occidental, Hesperian Sense 2 westerly, western => west (vs. east) Sense 3 western (vs. eastern) => southwestern => midwestern => northwestern => west-central Sense 4 western => west (vs. east) Sense 5 westerly, western => west (vs. east) Sense 6 country(postnominal), folk(postnominal), hillbilly, western(postnominal) => nonclassical (vs. classical) Attributes of adj western 2 of 6 senses of western Sense 1 western (vs. eastern) => West, occident Sense 3 western (vs. eastern) => West Familiarity of adj western western used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj western midwestern northwestern southwestern western westernmost Overview of noun western The noun western has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) Western, horse opera -- (a film about life in the western US during the period of exploration and development) 2. western, western sandwich -- (a sandwich made from a western omelet) Overview of adj western The adj western has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (21) western -- (relating to or characteristic of regions of western parts of the world; "the Western Hemisphere"; "Western Europe"; "the Western Roman Empire") 2. (10) westerly, western -- (lying in or toward the west) 3. (3) western -- (of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River; "a Western ranch") 4. (1) western -- (lying toward or situated in the west; "our company's western office") 5. westerly, western -- (of wind; from the west) 6. country, folk, hillbilly, western -- ((of music) characteristic of rural life)
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