westwards

1. 1.

   toward the west

   “they traveled westward toward the setting sun”

   Synonymswestward

Questions about westwards

What does westwards mean?

westwards means "toward the west".

How many syllables are in westwards?

westwards has 2 syllables: wes-twards. The stress falls on "wes". In IPA it is /ˈwɛstwɚdz/.

What is another word for westwards?

Close synonyms include westward. 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 westwards a common word?

westwards 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.