US /ˈwɛs.tər/ UK /ˈwes.tə/
verb noun adj Freq #57521

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to move or turn toward the west

    The sun began to wester behind the mountains.

  2. 2
    noun

    a wind blowing from the west

    A cold wester swept across the open fields.

  3. 3
    adj

    western or situated farther west

    They followed the wester road toward the coast.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to move or turn toward the... move westward
2 noun · a wind blowing from the west west windwesterly
3 adj · western or situated farther... westernwesterly
Opposites
Word family
Forms westering
Derived forms westering
Related forms westwesterly

Etymology

Formed from west and -er. The verb means 'move westward,' while the noun denotes a west wind and the adjective means western or more westerly.

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