Oriental

What do we mean by oriental?

Of or relating to the countries of the Orient or their peoples or cultures; eastern. adjective

Of or designating the biogeographic region that includes South Asia south of the Himalaya Mountains and Southeast Asia from southern China to Borneo. adjective

Of or relating to the Oriental Orthodox Church. adjective

Lustrous and valuable. adjective

Of or relating to a genuine or superior gem. adjective

Relating to or designating corundum that resembles another stone in color. adjective

An Asian, especially a South Asian, Southeast Asian, or East Asian. noun

A domestic cat of a breed developed in Britain from the Siamese and other breeds, having a long slender body and either a long or short coat in a wide variety of colors and patterns. noun

Of the orient or east; situated in or proceeding from the east; eastern: as, oriental seas or countries. Also orient.

Of superior quality; precious; valuable; possessing orient qualities: applied to gems as a mark of excellence: opposed to occidental, which applies to the less valuable kinds.

cap. or lowercase Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the East, or Eastern, especially Asiatic, countries; hence, exuberant; profuse; sumptuous; gorgeous; magnificent.

In astrology, rising between the fourth house and the mid-heaven: applied to the planets.

A native or an inhabitant of some eastern part of the world; an Asiatic. noun

A native or inhabitant of the Orient or some Eastern part of the world; an Asiatic. noun

Eastern Christians of the Greek rite. noun

Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental. adjective

Eastern, of the east, of or relating to the Orient especially Asiatic, but most commonly to the Far East. adjective

, capitalized: a zoögeographical region of southeast Asia. adjective

Of orient pearls, relating to orient lustre in a pearl adjective

A precious stone, especially an orient pearl.

A member or descendant of the peoples and cultures of the Orient.

A lily cultivar of a widely varied group, with strong scent.

A person from the eastern region of a place.

Words that are spelled similarly to oriental:
oriental, orientar, orient, oriented, rental, orientate, cliental, omental, oriente, trental, orientale, orients, argental, orientals, orienter, tridental.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word oriental:
occidental, rug, orthodoxy, acupuncture, bittersweet, philology, coptic, orthodox, syriac, mindanao, pontifical, assyrian, uruguay, norte, mandarin, communion, carpet, languages, studies, sanskrit, navigation, morocco, arabic, adventures, archaeology, african, apostolic, armenian, persian, philippines, medicine, hotel, institute, hebrew, canon, steam, shanghai, thesis, cultures, biblical, sierra, anglican, scholar, lecturer, del, archaeological, eastern, traditions, turkish, sciences, theology, catholic, congregation, dragon, phd, philippine, literature, philosophy.

Words that rhyme with oriental:
fundamental, detrimental, judgemental, gentle, incidental, transcendental, instrumental, incremental, sentimental, mental, monumental, rental, dental, continental, temperamental, elemental, kennel, environmental, judgmental, supplemental, occidental, accidental, lentil, fennel, coincidental, parental, experimental, ornamental, chenille, phenol, developmental, phenyl, crenel, yentl, departmental, governmental, centile, quenelle, cental, intercontinental, transcontinental, regimental, intergovernmental, pentyl, nongovernmental, gentil, trental, kentle, crenelle, ental, unsentimental, compartmental, henle, xenyl, dog fennel, occidentale, wennel, fennell, pennell, pennel, common fennel, florence fennel, simental, pimental, water fennel, sentell, kennell, again ill, again till, ascent hill, ascent till, assent till, ben hill, bene il, benel, bent till, cent till, consent till, den til, den till, descent till, event till, extent till, fehnel, gen hull, glen hill, grenell, haenel, ken hill, kent hill, meant ill, meant till, men ill, men till, n il, n ill, pancontinental, pen till, president hill, president till.

Adjectives that are often used to describe oriental:
anglo, more, true, young, old, eastern, inscrutable, little, most, graeco, average, ancient, peculiarly, wily, anti, non, american, semi, modern, handsome, typical, less, hellenistic, colombian, thorough, exotic, big, greek, least, greco, half, subtle, genuine, northern, aged, sinister, called, languid, mysterious, tall, european, affable, cultured, pure, rural, russian, ordinary, crafty, rich, worthy, suma, eyed, southern, elderly, wealthy, educated, strange, astute, grave, genuinely, archive, polished, looking, fellow, australian, passive, skinned, suave, occidental, sephardic, singularly, nepal, mystic, afro, somewhat, impassive, picturesque.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective oriental:
languages, rugs, countries, studies, religions, despotism, art, rug, nations, origin, literature, mind, peoples, philosophy, style, world, influence, carpets, jews, fashion, scholar, culture, trade, character, region, history, learning, music, scholars, women, despot, medicine, influences, tales, mysticism, churches, carpet, custom, type, cultures, tale, cults, city, civilization, races, costume, tradition, religion, ideas, sources, manuscripts, poetry, luxury, sore, potentate, goods, eyes, lands, country, customs, writers, splendor, tongues, cities, subjects, immigration, traditions, communities, dress, civilizations, magnificence, regions, porcelain, imagination, immigrants, wisdom, alabaster, poppies, splendour, thought, monarch, books, societies, imagery, design, despots, architecture, philosophies.

Words that sound like oriental:
oriental, orientals, orienting, oriente, orienteer, orient, oriented, orientate, orients, orientalis, trental, ordinal, frontal, ornamental, oriana, gruntle, arundel, orianna, orenda, arietta, armenta, argenta, car rental, organelle, grendel, parental, triennial, trendle, kirkendall, durendal, arsenal, orbital, arsenale, doorhandle, rental, horizontal, ariana, arianna, torrential, trundle, grundle, oriel, grindle, orial, emmental, argentum, grundel, door handle, argento, tormenta, orlanda, oertel, areata, argenti, pariente, trindle, ardiente, irondale, lorient, orientalist, auriol, oriental sore, oriental roach, tormentful.