northeast by east

1. 1.

   the compass point that is one point east of northeast

   SynonymsNEbE

   Broadercompass point

Questions about northeast by east

What does northeast by east mean?

northeast by east means "the compass point that is one point east of northeast".

What is another word for northeast by east?

Close synonyms include NEbE. 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 northeast by east a common word?

northeast by east 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.