Western may refer to:
- Western culture (also called Western civilization), the human cultures of European origin
- Western (genre), a category of fiction and visual art centered on the American Old West
- Western fiction, the Western genre as featured in literature
- Western music (North America), a genre associated with cowboys and related to country music, especially in the United States
- Western riding, a horseback riding style
- Western saddle, used for western riding
- Western blot, a method in molecular biology to detect a certain protein in a sample by using antibody specific to that protein
- Westernbank, a subsidiary of the W Holding Company
- Western Latin character sets (computing)
In geography:
- Western world, a particular group of countries, generally spanning Central and Western Europe and the Americas, also referred to as the "West" or the Occident
- Western Canada, which includes British Columbia and the Prairie Provinces of Canada
- Western United States, the Western portion of the United States, sometimes referred to as the "American West"
- Western, New York, a town in Oneida County, New York
In transportation:
- Western Airlines, a defunct airline
- Western (airline), a new, unrelated airline founded in 2006
- Western Express Air, a regional airline in Bullhead City, Arizona
- Western (CTA), the name of multiple stations on the Chicago 'L' train system
- British Rail Class 52 locomotives were known as Westerns
Educational institutions:
- In Canada:
- Western Technical-Commercial School in Toronto, Ontario
- University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario
- Western Canada High School in Calgary, Alberta
- In the United States:
- Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina
- Western College Program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio
- Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut
- Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois
- Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky
- Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Western State College of Colorado in Gunnison, Colorado
- Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan
- Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington
- In Azerbaijan:
- Western University in Baku
