west indies

1. 1.

   the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area

   Synonymsthe Indies

   Broaderarchipelago

   NarrowerBritish West Indies

   Part ofCaribbeanAtlantic

   PartsAnguillaCayman IslandsMontserratAntillesFrench West IndiesVirgin Islands

Questions about west indies

What does west indies mean?

west indies means "the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area".

What is another word for west indies?

Close synonyms include the Indies. 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 west indies a common word?

west indies is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.