north by west

1. 1.

   the compass point that is one point west of due north

   SynonymsNbW

   Broadercompass point

Questions about north by west

What does north by west mean?

north by west means "the compass point that is one point west of due north".

What is another word for north by west?

Close synonyms include NbW. 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 north by west a common word?

north by west 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.