westward

American  

[west-werd] / ˈwɛst wərd /

adjective

1. moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west.

   a westward migration of farm workers.

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adverb

1. Also westwards. toward the west; west.

   a train moving westward.

noun

1. the westward part, direction, or point.

   The wind had veered to the westward.

westward British  

/ ˈwɛstwəd /

adjective

1. moving, facing, or situated in the west

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adverb

1. Also: westwards.  towards the west

noun

1. the westward part, direction, etc; the west

Other Word Forms

• westwardly
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of westward

before 900; Middle English; Old English westweard. See west, -ward

Example Sentences

The company attributed the increase to higher net revenues from self-developed games, such as “Fantasy Westward Journey Online,” as well as from newly launched games “Where Winds Meet” and “Marvel Rivals.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

There are some really great hikes out here in the Valley — Las Virgenes — but my favorite hikes are in Malibu, whether it’s Solstice Canyon or the Westward Beach hike.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

Westward expansion is an immensely complicated situation that, for the past year, had laid like permafrost across the Big Ten landscape.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023

Eyewitnesses said three men took the duck, nicknamed Quackers, into the sea at Westward Ho! beach, in Devon.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2023

Westward he looked and saw the broad pastures of Rohan; and Orthanc, the pinnacle of Isengard, like a black spike.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien