eastwards

1. 1.

   toward the east

   “they migrated eastward to Sweden”

   Synonymseastward

Questions about eastwards

What does eastwards mean?

eastwards means "toward the east".

How many syllables are in eastwards?

eastwards has 3 syllables: e-as-twards. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for eastwards?

Close synonyms include eastward. 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 eastwards a common word?

eastwards 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.