Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun occident

2 senses of occident

Sense 1
West, Occident -- (the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America)
       INSTANCE OF=> region -- (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions")

Sense 2
western hemisphere, occident, New World -- (the hemisphere that includes North America and South America)
       => hemisphere -- (half of the terrestrial globe)