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

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Etymology

Origin of westward

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

westward

In Long Beach, with less than two hours before high tide, workers on the Peninsula raced early Sunday morning to build a sand berm stretching westward from 62nd Place.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Or with arcane historical trivia, like the magazine capacity of the air rifle Lewis and Clark took on their westward expedition in the early 1800s.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

As the country expanded westward, Congress created new circuits, along with new justices to hear cases in those circuits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

"If several of those cables were cut simultaneously, either accidentally or deliberately, a bulk of India's westward bandwidth to West Asia, Africa and Europe would be impacted."

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Merry and Pippin had followed, and were already disappearing westward into the trees by the shore, shouting: Frodo!

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

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