leeward

1. 1.

   on the side away from the wind

   “on the leeward side of the island”

   Antonymswindward

   Similardownwind

1. 1.

   away from the wind

   “they were sailing leeward”

   Synonymsupwind

   Antonymswindward

Other forms of leeward

plural

leewards·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about leeward

What does leeward mean?

leeward means "the direction in which the wind is blowing". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in leeward?

leeward has 2 syllables: lee-ward. The stress falls on "lee". In IPA it is /ˈliwɚd/.

What is another word for leeward?

Close synonyms include lee, lee side, upwind. 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 leeward?

The recorded antonyms are windward, windward, windward, windward.

Is leeward a common word?

leeward 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.