downwind

Questions about downwind

What does downwind mean?

downwind means "with the wind; in the direction the wind is blowing". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in downwind?

downwind has 2 syllables: down-wind. The stress falls on "wind". In IPA it is /daʊnˈwɪnd/.

What is another word for downwind?

Close synonyms include windward, lee. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of downwind?

The recorded antonyms are upwind, upwind.

Is downwind a common word?

downwind is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with downwind?

1 word rhymes with downwind. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.