westerner

Person from sunsets

A westerner is someone from the western part of a region or country, or more broadly, someone from Western civilization—Europe, North America, and related cultures.

In American contexts, a westerner often means someone from the western United States: She's a westerner, born and raised in Montana.

The term sometimes carries connotations of rugged individualism or frontier spirit.

person

European

From that continent

expatriate · immigrant · settler · traveler · visitor · non-native · emigrant · colonist · migrant · newcomer

cowboy

lasso

Looped rope for catching

  • saddleMounted rider's seat
  • rodeoCowboy skills competition
  • chapsProtective riding legwear

spurs · wrangler · corral · mustang · bronco · stampede · sheriff · gunfighter · saloon · cattle

culture

individualism

Doctrine of personal independence

secularism · modernity · consumerism · materialism · progressivism · industrialization · globalization · Eurocentrism · colonialism · imperialism

explorer

Columbus

Ohio's seat of government

Magellan · Vasco da Gama · cartographer · expedition · discovery · colonizer · seafarer · pathfinder · adventurer · Cortés

frontier

pioneer

Early explorer or settler

goldrush · landrush · wilderness · outpost · frontiersman · trailblazer · expedition · conquest · colonization · prospector

Americana

bluegrass

Acoustic Appalachian folk music

Hollywood · Route 66 · Thanksgiving · Mount Rushmore · Declaration of Independence · Broadway · Harley-Davidson · Ford Mustang · NASCAR · Silicon Valley

Categories
Opposites
cardinal direction (geographic origin)

westernereasterner

Resident of sunrise regions

oriental · northeastern · New Englander · southeastern · northerner

global cultural-political bloc

westernereasterner

Resident of sunrise regions

Asian · oriental · Middle Easterner · African · East Asian

Phrases
Family

western, southwestern, northwestern, westerners, westernmost, westernize, westernized, westernization, westernizing

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G