adv

westward

WEHST-wuhd

adv

Toward the west.

"The wagon train pushed westward across the plains."

"We drove westward as the sun began to set ahead of us."

adj

Moving or facing toward the west.

"They began their westward journey at dawn."

How to Use Westward

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishToward the west.

Common pairings

westward expansion head westward westward journey

more westward comparative, more westward comparative, most westward superlative, most westward superlative

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The wagon train pushed _____ across the plains.

From Old English westweard, combining west with -weard, the ancestor of the modern suffix "-ward" (as in "homeward" or "onward").