western united states

1. 1.

   the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River

   SynonymsWest

   Broadergeographical area

   NarrowerWild West

   Part ofUnited States

   PartsSanta Fe TrailSouthwestNorthwestWest Coast

Questions about western united states

What does western united states mean?

western united states means "the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River".

What is another word for western united states?

Close synonyms include West. 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 western united states a common word?

western united states 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.