eastern | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world | - |
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(adjective) of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States | - |
(adjective) lying toward or situated in the east | - |
(adjective) from the east; used especially of winds | Synonyms: easterly |
(adjective) lying in or toward the east | Synonyms: easterly |
midwestern | (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and sometimes Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota | - |
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modern | (adjective) belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages | - |
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(adjective) relating to a recently developed fashion or style | Synonyms: mod, modernistic |
(adjective) characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture | - |
(adjective) ahead of the times | Synonyms: advanced, forward-looking, innovative |
nonmodern | (adjective) not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time | - |
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northeastern | (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including the New England states, New York, and sometimes New Jersey and Pennsylvania | - |
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(adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northeast | Synonyms: northeast, northeasterly |
northern | (adjective) situated in regions of the north | - |
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(adjective) in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line | - |
(adjective) coming from the north; used especially of wind | Synonyms: northerly |
(adjective) oriented toward the north | Synonyms: northerly |
northwestern | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northwest | Synonyms: northwest, northwesterly |
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(adjective) of a region of the United States generally including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and sometimes Montana, Wyoming | - |
postmodern | (adjective) of or relating to postmodernism | Synonyms: postmodernist |
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silvern | (adjective) having the white lustrous sheen of silver | Synonyms: silver, silvery |
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(adjective) resembling or reminiscent of silver | Synonyms: silvery |
southeastern | (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including Alabama; Georgia; Florida; Tennessee; South Carolina; North Carolina | - |
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(adjective) situated in or oriented toward the southeast | Synonyms: southeast, southeasterly |
southern | (adjective) situated in or coming from regions of the south | - |
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(adjective) in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line | - |
(adjective) from the south; used especially of wind | Synonyms: southerly |
(adjective) situated in or oriented toward the south | Synonyms: southerly |
southwestern | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the southwest | Synonyms: southwest, southwesterly |
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(adjective) of a region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Nevada, Utah, Colorado | - |
stern | (adjective) severe and unremitting in making demands | Synonyms: exacting, strict |
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(adjective) not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty | Synonyms: grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting |
(adjective) of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect | Synonyms: austere |
(adjective) severely simple | Synonyms: austere, severe, stark |
subaltern | (adjective) inferior in rank or status | Synonyms: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary |
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ultramodern | (adjective) extremely modern | - |
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western | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts | - |
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(adjective) of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River | - |
(adjective) lying toward or situated in the west | - |
(adjective) of wind; from the west | Synonyms: westerly |