due east

1. 1.

   the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

   SynonymseasteastwardE

   Broadercardinal compass point

Questions about due east

What does due east mean?

due east means "the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees".

What is another word for due east?

Close synonyms include east, eastward, E. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is due east a common word?

due east is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.