Synonyms for orient
ˈɔr i ənt, -iˌɛnt, ˈoʊr-; ˈɔr iˌɛnt, ˈoʊr-ori·ent

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1. orientverb

   Synonyms:
   orientate

2. orientverb

   Countries of Asia, especially East Asia.

   Give him time to orient himself within the new hierarchy.

   Synonyms:
   orientate

3. orientverb

   To set the focus of so as to relate or appeal to a certain group.

   We will orient our campaign to the youth who are often disinterested.

   Synonyms:
   orientate

4. orientverb

   To point at or direct towards.

   I will orient all of the signs to face the road.

   Synonyms:
   orientate

5. orientverb

   To determine which direction one is facing.

   Let me just orient myself and we can be on our way.

   Synonyms:
   orientate

6. orientverb

   To place or build so as to face eastward.

   Synonyms:
   orientate

7. orientverb

   To change direction so as to face east.

   Synonyms:
   orientate

8. orientverb

   To change direction to face a certain way.

   Synonyms:
   orientate

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1. East, Orientnoun

   the countries of Asia

   Synonyms:
   eastward, due east, eastern United States, eastern hemisphere

   Antonyms:
   disorient, disorientate

2. eastern hemisphere, orientverb

   the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia

   Synonyms:
   eastern hemisphere

   Antonyms:
   disorient, disorientate

3. orient, pointverb

   be oriented

   "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"

   Synonyms:
   manoeuvre, manoeuver, sharpen, taper, channelize, indicate, aim, betoken, maneuver, place, head, luff, guide, repoint, point, direct, orientate, tailor, designate, charge, channelise, target, bespeak, steer, signal, level, show

   Antonyms:
   disorient, disorientate

4. orient, orientateverb

   determine one's position with reference to another point

   "We had to orient ourselves in the forest"

   Synonyms:
   orientate, tailor, point

   Antonyms:
   disorientate, disorient

5. orientverb

   cause to point

   "Orient the house towards the West"

   Synonyms:
   orientate, tailor, point

   Antonyms:
   disorient, disorientate

6. orientverb

   familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances

   "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen"

   Synonyms:
   orientate, tailor, point

   Antonyms:
   disorient, disorientate

7. tailor, orientverb

   adjust to a specific need or market

   "a magazine oriented towards young people"; "tailor your needs to your surroundings"

   Synonyms:
   orientate, cut, point, tailor, sew, tailor-make

   Antonyms:
   disorient, disorientate

Matched Categories

1. • Asia
   • Adapt
   • Familiarize
   • Lie
   • Position

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1. orientadjective

   Synonyms:
   eastern, oriental

2. orientadjective

   Synonyms:
   bright, shining, glittering, sparkling, brilliant

3. orientnoun

   Synonyms:
   east

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1. List of paraphrases for "orient":

   oriental, dongfang, guide, east, occ, orientale, middle

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1. Chris Hayes:

   The risk went from something that we hadn’t really dealt with specifically like this before in our lifetimes – we hadn't quite had an illness this infectious and this possible to cause serious illness – to something that does look more like the flu. The flu of course can still be dangerous … but we don't orient our lives around the flu.

2. Huda Akil:

   When Robert [King] tells you that he gets disoriented physically, I can tell him that people who are chronically depressed have a shrunken hippocampus, and that that affects your ability to orient in space, in 3D.

3. Celene Perez:

   What is also significant is that Warehouse Workers Resource Center applies to temp workers as well as direct employers. The complaint made very clear that California Cartage and Orient Tally violated the rights of both workers.

4. Tom Carter:

   A peek inside the city's many nightspots reveals a Shangri-La-di-da of tiny Shanghai socialites in even tinier outfits dancing provocatively with well-to-do Westerners. But while such sights may draw gasps from some people, the truth is that this kind of thing is nothing new for Shanghai, the Orient's original opium-den of iniquity.

5. Lucas Mendos:

   ( The British also) had this conception that the' Orient,' the non-Western subjects, were overly erotic and over-sexed, and that's the reason why they were worried young colonial officers going abroad would be corrupted by those sexual acts.