western
Where sun sets
Western describes things relating to the west—a direction, region, or cultural sphere.
A western wind blows from the west.
Western Europe occupies the continent's Atlantic side.
In global contexts, Western often implies the cultural traditions of Europe and North America: Western values, Western medicine.
A western is also a genre of film, novel, or television set in the American frontier, typically featuring cowboys, outlaws, and rugged landscapes: We watched an old western with John Wayne. (Capitalized Western emphasizes the proper-noun sense of the cultural sphere.)
Mounted cattle herder
- bootsAnkle-covering footwear
- denimTough cotton twill
- hatGarment for the head
- chapsProtective riding legwear
spurs · bandana · bolo · buckle · fringe · leather · holster · lasso
Mounted cattle herder
- gunslingerExpert pistol fighter
- outlawFugitive from justice
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
shootout · showdown · frontier · bandit · posse · stagecoach · duel · bounty
Edge of settlement
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- cowboysRanch hands tending herds
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
Oregon Trail · manifest destiny · Lewis and Clark · transcontinental · railroad · wagon train · territories · Alamo
Open grassy flatland
- canyonDeep river-cut gorge
- mesaFlat-topped steep-sided elevation
- badlandsArid, heavily eroded terrain
- plateauFlat highland area
desert · gulch · butte · range · foothills · sagebrush · tumbleweed · dusty
Day yielding to darkness
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- cardinalOf foremost importance
- occidentWestern regions collectively
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
azimuth · bearing · orientation · navigation · hemisphere · meridian · latitude · antipode
- FordMajor American automaker
- UnforgivenNot granted pardon
- High NoonFamous 1952 Western title
- ShaneIrish male name
Clint Eastwood · Tombstone · Butch Cassidy · Deadwood · Yellowstone · spaghetti · showdown · standoff
cowboy
Mounted cattle herder
chaps · spurs · bandana · bolo · buckle · fringe · leather · holster · lasso · Stetson
cowboy
Mounted cattle herder
- gunslingerExpert pistol fighter
- outlawFugitive from justice
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
saloon · shootout · showdown · frontier · bandit · posse · stagecoach · duel · bounty · desperado
frontier
Edge of settlement
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- cowboysRanch hands tending herds
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
homestead · Oregon Trail · manifest destiny · Lewis and Clark · transcontinental · railroad · wagon train · territories · Alamo · Buffalo Bill
prairie
Open grassy flatland
plateau · desert · gulch · butte · range · foothills · sagebrush · tumbleweed · dusty · arid
sunset
Day yielding to darkness
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- cardinalOf foremost importance
- occidentWestern regions collectively
longitude · azimuth · bearing · orientation · navigation · hemisphere · meridian · latitude · antipode · nautical
John Wayne
- FordMajor American automaker
- UnforgivenNot granted pardon
- High NoonFamous 1952 Western title
Clint Eastwood · Shane · Tombstone · Butch Cassidy · Deadwood · Yellowstone · spaghetti · showdown · standoff
barbecue
Slow-cook over coals
- Tex-MexAmerican-influenced northern cuisine
- steakhouseBeef-focused dining establishment
- chiliCapsicum pod or stew
cornbread · brisket · ribs · beans · sourdough · burrito · fajita · jerky · chuckwagon · campfire cooking
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
- genresaction, comedy, detective fiction, fantasy, horror
- talestale, funny stories, tall tales, short story, yarns
- book genresfiction, novels, nonfiction, mystery, thriller
- film genreshorror, comedy, drama, action, romance
- prosenovel, novels, short story, novellas, essay
westerneastern
Toward the sunrise direction
easterly · east · East Coast · eastward · oriental
westernAsian
Of the largest continent
non-Western · Middle Eastern · Far Eastern · Asiatic · African
westerneastern
Toward the sunrise direction
samurai film · wuxia · kung fu film · period drama · noir
- western attireFrontier-style dress
- western storiesFrontier-era adventure tales
- country westernAmerican roots music genre
- western movieFrontier-set film genre
- Western EuropeAtlantic-facing continental zone
- country and westernAmerican rural music style
westerly, westerner, westerns, westernmost, westernize, westernized, westernization, westernizes, westernizing