westward

1. 1.

   toward the west

   “they traveled westward toward the setting sun”

   Synonymswestwards

Other forms of westward

plural

westwards·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about westward

What does westward mean?

westward means "the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in westward?

westward has 2 syllables: wes-tward. The stress falls on "wes". In IPA it is /ˈwɛstwɚd/.

What is another word for westward?

Close synonyms include west, due west, W, westbound, westerly. 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 westward a common word?

westward 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.