leeward tide

1. 1.

   a tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowing

   “a leeward tide is dangerous for small boats”

   Synonymslee tide

   Broadertide

Questions about leeward tide

What does leeward tide mean?

leeward tide means "a tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowing".

What is another word for leeward tide?

Close synonyms include lee tide. 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 leeward tide a common word?

leeward tide is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.