Meanings
- The time of day in the time zone that encompasses the eastern part of the Midwest and the East Coast of the United States, most of Ontario and Quebec and the eastern third of Nunavut in Canada from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March, as well as Southampton Island in Nunavut year-round; it is four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-4).
Synonyms: Eastern Standard Time Zone, Eastern Time Zone, EST
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe time of day in the time zone that encompasses the eastern part of the Midwest and the East Coast of the United States, most of Ontario and Quebec and the eastern third of Nunavut in Canada from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March, as well as Southampton Island in Nunavut year-round; it is four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-4).
More synonyms by meaning
nounstandard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
French heure normale de l'est
- heure normale de l'esttime zone
Malay Waktu Piawai Timur
- Waktu Piawai Timurtime zone
Spanish horario del este
- horario del estetime zone
Cite this entry
Eastern Standard Time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eastern%20Standard%20Time
“Eastern Standard Time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eastern%20Standard%20Time. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Eastern Standard Time,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eastern%20Standard%20Time.
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