eastwardEnglishOxford New American Dictionaryeastward /ˈēs(t)wərd, ˈis(t)wərd / ▸ adjective in an easterly direction: they followed an eastward course. ▸ adverb (also eastwards) toward the east: the bus rattled its way eastward. ▸ noun (the eastward) the direction or region toward the east: a squall came from the eastward. – DERIVATIVES eastwardly