east

Noun

east

1. One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox.
   • 1895: Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure — In a few hours the birds come to it from all points of the compass – east, west, north, and south...

Synonyms:

• (situated or lying in or towards the east): eastward
• (meteorology: wind from the east): easterly
• (of or pertaining to the east): eastern
• (from the East): oriental

Antonyms:

• (situated or lying in or towards the east): [[westward]]
• (meteorology: wind from the east): [[westerly]]
• (of or pertaining to the east): [[western]]

4 letters in word "east": A E S T.

Anagrams of east:

• ates

• eats

• etas

• sate

• seat

• seta

• taes

• teas

Words found within east:

ae as at ate ea eas eat es est et eta sae sat sea set st ta tae tas te tea tes

Word lists related to east:

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Words starting with ea
Words ending in st
Words beginning with eas
Words that end with ast
4 letter words starting with e

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