eastbound
Heading toward dawn
Eastbound means traveling or heading toward the east: the eastbound lane, an eastbound train.
The word functions as both adjective and adverb: Traffic was eastbound on the highway.
Like its directional siblings westbound, northbound, and southbound, it appears most often in transportation contexts—highways, railways, flights.
Day's first glow
- daybreakMorning's first light
- morningDay's early hours
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- sunupMorning's first light
golden · amber · glow · light · radiance · awakening · sunbeam · illumination
Movement along routes
- highwayMajor road for travel
- interstateBetween political regions
- expresswayLimited-access highway
- laneDesignated travel strip
congestion · morning · departure · arrival · timetable · schedule · metro · bus
Travel from place to place
- voyageJourney by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- trekArduous overland journey
pilgrimage · itinerary · destination · adventure · wanderlust · explorer · globetrotter · backpacking
Directional course traveled
- bearingPosture or orientation
- coursePlanned path forward
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
vector · azimuth · compass · navigation · longitude · meridian · route · pathway
dawn
Day's first glow
sunup · golden · amber · glow · light · radiance · awakening · sunbeam · illumination
traffic
Movement along routes
- highwayMajor road for travel
- interstateBetween political regions
- expresswayLimited-access highway
lane · congestion · morning · departure · arrival · timetable · schedule · metro · bus · carpool
journey
Travel from place to place
- voyageJourney by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
trek · pilgrimage · itinerary · destination · adventure · wanderlust · explorer · globetrotter · backpacking · caravan
heading
Directional course traveled
- bearingPosture or orientation
- coursePlanned path forward
- trajectoryPath of moving object
orientation · vector · azimuth · compass · navigation · longitude · meridian · route · pathway · wayfinding
- directionsnorth, south, west, left, right
- EastOrient, northeast, southeast, sunrise, dawn
- boundtied, restrained, confined, restricted, constrained
- transit routessubway lines, bus route, bus routes, tram route, metro lines
- flight routesflight path, air corridor, airway, direct route, nonstop flight
- Trans-SiberianMoscow, Vladivostok, Siberia, Lake Baikal, sleeper cars