north northeast

1. 1.

   the compass point that is midway between north and northeast

   Synonymsnor'-nor'-eastNNE

   Broadercompass point

Questions about north northeast

What does north northeast mean?

north northeast means "the compass point that is midway between north and northeast".

What is another word for north northeast?

Close synonyms include nor'-nor'-east, NNE. 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 northeast a common word?

north northeast 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.