Synonyms for eastern
ˈi stərneast·ern

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1. easternadjective

   lying toward or situated in the east

   "the eastern end of the island"

   Synonyms:
   easterly

   Antonyms:
   occidental, southwestern, western, northwestern, west, west-central, Hesperian, midwestern

2. easternadjective

   of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States

   "the Eastern establishment"

   Synonyms:
   easterly

   Antonyms:
   midwestern, northwestern, west, west-central, occidental, western, southwestern, Hesperian

3. easterly, easternadjective

   lying in or toward the east

   "the east side of New York"; "eastern cities"

   Synonyms:
   easterly

   Antonyms:
   northwestern, west, midwestern, west-central, western, southwestern, occidental, Hesperian

4. easternadjective

   relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world

   "Eastern Europe"; "the Eastern religions"

   Synonyms:
   easterly

   Antonyms:
   west, southwestern, west-central, Hesperian, western, occidental, northwestern, midwestern

5. easterly, easternadjective

   from the east; used especially of winds

   "an eastern wind"; "the winds are easterly"

   Synonyms:
   easterly

   Antonyms:
   western, west, occidental, west-central, midwestern, northwestern, southwestern, Hesperian

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1. easternadjective

   Synonyms:
   oriental, orient

2. easternadjective

   Synonyms:
   towards the east

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1. easternadjective

   Synonyms:
   oriental, orient, ortive

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1. List of paraphrases for "eastern":

   east, timor, oriental, orientale, tung, timorese, dongbu, leste, southeast, dongfang, sharqiya, eastward, south-east, couleuvre, al-sharqi

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1. Philip Duncan:

   We’re expecting 100 to 300 mm [of rainfall] for many parts of the North Island’s north and eastern sides, with even greater totals if Gabrielle stalls or slows down, this rain will cause more slips/landslides, road closures, flight cancellations and possibly damage more homes as we saw in January.

2. Josef Woodman:

   With Mexico and Costa Rica, it’s overwhelmingly dental and cosmetic surgery. However, certain countries are known for specialties. For example, in Singapore, stem cell and oncology is huge. In India, South India and Chennai Apollo hospitals does incredible work with hip and knee surgeries, in Eastern Europe, a lot of people from the UK – but also people from the United States – travel to Hungary, Croatia and Turkey for everything from dental to light cosmetic surgery.

3. Angela Merkel:

   I have little hope on that front, the other sanctions were introduced in response to the intervention in eastern Ukraine. Fulfilling the entire Minsk agreement is the way to bring about a reversal (of sanctions) here. The entire Minsk agreement must be implemented before we can say these sanctions can be lifted.

4. Prince Charles:

   The fact that significant portions of the Great Barrier Reef on Australia’s eastern coast have been severely degraded or lost over the last few years is both a tragedy and also, I would have thought, a very serious wakeup call.

5. Gaza Sweden:

   Ship to Gaza Sweden protest against this flagrant abuse of the freedom of navigation, israel's repeated acts of piracy in international waters are worrying signs that the occupation and blockade policy extends to the entire eastern Mediterranean.