due west

1. 1.

   the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees

   SynonymswestwestwardW

   Broadercardinal compass point

Questions about due west

What does due west mean?

due west means "the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees".

What is another word for due west?

Close synonyms include west, westward, W. 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.

Is due west a common word?

due west 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.