Definition of OCCIDENT

occident

Meanings

Plural: occidents

Noun

  • the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
  • the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
  • The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.
  • The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia and Africa.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidentem (“western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets”), from occido (“go down, set”).

Synonyms

New World, ponent, west, West, western hemisphere

Antonyms

east, levant, orient

Scrabble Score: 13

occident is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
occident is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
occident is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

occident is a valid Words With Friends word