north northwest

1. 1.

   the compass point that is midway between north and northwest

   Synonymsnor'-nor'-westNNW

   Broadercompass point

Questions about north northwest

What does north northwest mean?

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

What is another word for north northwest?

Close synonyms include nor'-nor'-west, NNW. 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 northwest a common word?

north northwest 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.