westering
Traveling toward sunset
Westering describes movement toward the west, especially the sun's journey across the afternoon sky: the westering sun cast long shadows.
The word is literary and evocative, often suggesting the passage of time or the close of day.
It can also describe westward travel or migration: westering pioneers crossed the plains.
Edge of settlement
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- manifest destinyObvious, inescapable fate
Oregon Trail · wagon train · gold rush · land rush · territory · colonization · trailblazer · wilderness
Dimming after sundown
- twilightLight after sunset
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- afterglowLingering light or feeling
- sundownDay's end moment
gloaming · skyline · silhouette · amber · glow · eventide · nightfall · crepuscule
Gradually decreasing in intensity
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- ebbingGradually declining or receding
- twilight yearsLate stage of life
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
diminishing · descending · sinking · setting · passing · ending · closing · final chapter
frontier
Edge of settlement
manifest destiny · Oregon Trail · wagon train · gold rush · land rush · territory · colonization · trailblazer · wilderness · prairie
dusk
Dimming after sundown
sundown · gloaming · skyline · silhouette · amber · glow · eventide · nightfall · crepuscule · dimming
waning
Gradually decreasing in intensity
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- ebbingGradually declining or receding
- twilight yearsLate stage of life
autumn · diminishing · descending · sinking · setting · passing · ending · closing · final chapter · last light
westeringeastbound
Heading toward sunrise
eastward · heading east · easterly · northbound · southbound
west, western, westward, westerly, westerner, westerners, southwester, northwesterner, westernize