Antonyms for westbound


Grammar : Adj
Spell : west-bound
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɛstˌbaʊnd


Definition of westbound

  • As in western : adj situated or toward the west
Example sentences :
  • In the morning the yard was nearly cleared of westbound tonnage.
  • Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
  • Jean's friend had lost his wife and child on a westbound train.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • After finishing the town, I learned that the westbound train was not due for an hour.
  • Extract from : « Twenty Years of Hus'ling » by J. P. Johnston
  • Some applied only to westbound business, others to eastbound traffic.
  • Extract from : « Railroads: Rates and Regulations » by William Z. Ripley
  • Eastbound and westbound tracks and trains are unknown in England.
  • Extract from : « The American Language » by Henry L. Mencken
  • Just then the distant "Zoom" of the westbound Overland shook the silence.
  • Extract from : « Partners of Chance » by Henry Herbert Knibbs
  • One was to catch the blind baggage on the westbound overland that night.
  • Extract from : « The Road » by Jack London
  • Securing tickets at Marietta, they entered a westbound train as ordinary passengers.
  • Extract from : « Campfire and Battlefield » by Rossiter Johnson
  • Mattie had been assigned to a westbound plane for the day, and was in the commissary while Jane checked over her supplies.
  • Extract from : « Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines » by Ruthe S. Wheeler
  • The westbound shipments over the lakes were also large and valuable.
  • Extract from : « Outline of the development of the internal commerce of the United States » by T.W. van Mettre

Synonyms for westbound

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