Meanings
adverbwestbound (not comparable)
adjectivewestbound (not comparable)
- not comparableWhich is, or will be, moving towards the west.
Westbound traffic was blocked for miles.
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishwest
- Old Norsebúinn
- Middle Englishbownde
- Englishbound
- Englishwestbound
Translations
German nach Westen, Richtung Westen
- nach Westentowards the west
- Richtung Westentowards the west
- nach Westenwhich is, or will be, moving towards the west
- Richtung Westenwhich is, or will be, moving towards the west
Russian на за́пад
- на за́пад (na západ)towards the west
Cite this entry
APA
westbound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/westbound
MLA
“westbound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/westbound. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “westbound,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/westbound.
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