Westward
Name facing sunset
Westward means toward the west: The pioneers moved westward across the plains.
It works as both adverb and adjective: a westward journey, traveling westward.
The variant westwards appears in British English.
Go west, young man captures the American association of westward movement with opportunity and expansion.
Edge of settlement
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- migrationMovement to new territory
trail · journey · expansion · pioneer · compass · heading · trek · passage
Day yielding to darkness
- twilightLight after sunset
- duskDimming after sundown
- eveningLate day period
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
golden hour · sundown · descending · fading · glow · afterglow · occidental · setting sun
Wind-propelled water travel
- voyageJourney by sea
- navigationDetermining position and course
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
trade winds · seafaring · Columbus · explorers · passage · Indies · circumnavigation · ships
frontier
Edge of settlement
migration · trail · journey · expansion · pioneer · compass · heading · trek · passage · route
sunset
Day yielding to darkness
horizon · golden hour · sundown · descending · fading · glow · afterglow · occidental · setting sun · daylight
sailing
Wind-propelled water travel
- voyageJourney by sea
- navigationDetermining position and course
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
crossing · trade winds · seafaring · Columbus · explorers · passage · Indies · circumnavigation · ships · harbor
- westward movementMigration toward sunset regions
- westward expansionSpreading in sunset's direction
- westward migrationPopulation shift toward sunset