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westerly has 4 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is easterly.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
of wind; from the west
from the west
“the wind blew westerly”
1 of the 5 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for westerly.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for westerly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth