orient synonyms

orient

v.

  1. To direct

    determine, turn, locate; see lead 1.

  2. To adjust

    orientate, get one's bearings, familiarize, adapt; see conform.

  3. To turn around

    face, turn, situate, line up, square, true, true up.

Orient

n.

  1. Eastern Asia

    Far East, Asia, China, Hong Kong, Macao, India, Japan, Vietnam, Siam, Thailand, Laos, Indo-China, Cambodia, Korea, Philippines, Borneo, Java, Burma, Myanmar, the mysterious East, Celestial Kingdom, land of the rising sun, land of Confucianism; see also east 2.

    Antonyms Europe*, Occident*, Western World.

  2. Southwestern Asia

    Near East, Middle East, Levant, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Persia, Muslim world, Arabia, Golden Crescent, Fertile Crescent, the cradle of mankind; see also east 2.

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