westwards
In sunset's direction
Westwards means toward the west: The expedition moved westwards across the plains.
More common in British English, where American English typically prefers westward.
Both forms work as adverbs, though westward alone serves as an adjective: a westward journey.
Edge of settlement
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- settlersThose who establish homes
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- manifest destinyObvious, inescapable fate
Oregon Trail · wagon train · land rush · gold rush · territory · prairie · boomtowns · land grant
Dimming after sundown
- twilightLight after sunset
- eveningLate day period
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- sundownDay's end moment
afterglow · golden hour · setting sun · nightfall · skyline · silhouette · glow · amber light
Movement between locations
- trekArduous overland journey
- voyageJourney by sea
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
route · traverse · passage · proceed · advance · progress · head · bound
Toward the sunrise
- eastwardsToward the sunrise
- northwardToward the top
- northwardsToward the top pole
- southwardToward the equator's direction
southwards · easterly · northerly · southerly · northeastern · southeastern · bearing · heading
frontier
Edge of settlement
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- settlersThose who establish homes
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
manifest destiny · Oregon Trail · wagon train · land rush · gold rush · territory · prairie · boomtowns · land grant · transcontinental
dusk
Dimming after sundown
sundown · afterglow · golden hour · setting sun · nightfall · skyline · silhouette · glow · amber light · fading light
travel
Movement between locations
- trekArduous overland journey
- voyageJourney by sea
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
expedition · route · traverse · passage · proceed · advance · progress · head · bound · course
eastward
Toward the sunrise
- eastwardsToward the sunrise
- northwardToward the top
- northwardsToward the top pole
southward · southwards · easterly · northerly · southerly · northeastern · southeastern · bearing · heading · orientation
westwardseastwards
Toward the sunrise
eastward · east · sunward · northwards · southwards
- westward movementMigration toward sunset regions
- westward expansionSpreading in sunset's direction
- westward migrationPopulation shift toward sunset