Definition for Orientation:

• The process of determining the east point in taking bearings; the placing towards the east, as the altar of a church.

Synonyms for Orientation:

• n.

  •
  • object,
  • intention,
  • goal,
  • role,
  • target,
  • way,
  • purpose,
  • introduction,
  • bearings,
  • objective.
  •
  • alignment,
  • situation,
  • at,
  • place,
  • angle.
  •
  • theory,
  • dogma,
  • ism,
  • philosophy,
  • culture,
  • ground,
  • doctrine,
  • ideology.
  •
  • exposure.
  •bearing (noun)
  • fix,
  • bearing,
  • vector,
  • course,
  • location,
  • aim,
  • inclination,
  • position,
  • heading.
  •introduction, adjustment (noun)
  • acclimatization,
  • sense of direction,
  • adaptation,
  • coordination.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • directional,
  • mentoring,
  • located,
  • pedagogy.
  •
  • coaching,
  • tuition,
  • education,
  • teaching.
  •
  • training,
  • instruction,
  • initiation.
  •Other relevant words:
  • disposition,
  • penchant,
  • heresy,
  • frame of mind,
  • Inurement,
  • taste,
  • range,
  • attitude,
  • prospect,
  • tenor,
  • preparation,
  • sentiment,
  • pilotage,
  • frontage,
  • temper,
  • viewpoint,
  • navigation,
  • hardening,
  • horizontal,
  • carriage,
  • Adaption,
  • neighbourhood,
  • accommodation,
  • positioning,
  • Taming,
  • area,
  • approach,
  • conditioning,
  • opinion,
  • outlook,
  • milieu,
  • mood,
  • thought,
  • plan,
  • purlieus,
  • placement,
  • lay,
  • site,
  • vantage,
  • seasoning,
  • current,
  • Placing,
  • steering,
  • breaking-in,
  • naturalization,
  • standpoint,
  • point,
  • set up,
  • line of position,
  • drift,
  • posture,
  • Accustoming,
  • predilection,
  • view,
  • set,
  • experimentalism,
  • line of march,
  • celestial navigation,
  • spot,
  • locale,
  • layout,
  • orientation course,
  • bent,
  • acclimation,
  • locality,
  • briefing,
  • preference,
  • setting,
  • conduct,
  • domestication,
  • perspective,
  • piloting,
  • tendency,
  • lie,
  • helmsmanship,
  • administration,
  • leaning,
  • plat,
  • steerage,
  • vantage point,
  • druthers,
  • slant,
  • breaking,
  • heterodoxy,
  • azimuth,
  • position line,
  • feeling,
  • habituation,
  • line,
  • arrangement,
  • aspect,
  • stance,
  • plot,
  • run,
  • quarter,
  • housebreaking.

Paraphrases for Orientation:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    positions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    position.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    men, concentration, nature, sexuality, location.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    guidance, direction, directions, trades, drivers, causes, deals, Guidelines, steering, counselling, stance, initiation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    guidance, direction, inclination, vocation, preference, Focuses, Foci, orienting, orienteering, persuasion, re-orientation, attitude, Familiarization, Aimer, Guidelines, steering, counselling, trajectory, tilt, coaching, stance, redirection, bias, emphasis, destination, initiation.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    guidance, counselling.

Antonyms for Orientation:

• n.

  • introduction, adjustment
    mix-up, disorientation.

Hypernym for Orientation:

• n.

  • cognition
    wavelength, heresy, position, reorientation, political orientation, orthodoxy, view, experimentalism, heterodoxy, religious orientation, political theory, unorthodoxy, ideology, perspective.
  • linkdef
    attitude, vertical, horizontal, quarter.

Hyponym for Orientation:

• n.

  • act
    locating, location, emplacement, positioning, placement, position.
  • cognition
    self-awareness, mental attitude, attitude.
  • linkdef
    direction.