Meanings
adjectiveeastbound (not comparable)
- not comparableMoving or heading towards the east.
The eastbound train is late again!
1 more example
[...] at each station the train times are not shown in one all-embracing chronological list, but in two separate sheets, one with a conspicuous band of yellow detailing westbound departures and the other with a similar band of blue the eastbound trains.
1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714
adverbeastbound (not comparable)
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englisheast
- Old Norsebúinn
- Middle Englishbownde
- Englishbound
- Englisheastbound
Translations
German nach Osten, Richtung Osten
- nach Ostenmoving or heading towards the east
- Richtung Ostenmoving or heading towards the east
- nach Ostentoward the east
- Richtung Ostentoward the east
Spanish adesteño
- adesteñomoving or heading towards the east
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
eastbound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eastbound
MLA
“eastbound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eastbound. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eastbound,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eastbound.
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