Dictionary 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries.2. (n.) A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic. 3. (n.) Eastern Christians of the Greek rite. Thesaurus antarctic arctic austral boreal east eastbound easterly eastermost eastern easternmost hyperborean meridional north northbound northeast northeasterly northeastern northerly northern northernmost northwest northwesterly northwestern occidental south southbound southeast southeasterly southeastern southerly southern southernmost southwest southwesterly southwestern west westbound westerly western westernmost |