northeast by north

1. 1.

   the compass point that is one point north of northeast

   SynonymsNEbN

   Broadercompass point

Questions about northeast by north

What does northeast by north mean?

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

What is another word for northeast by north?

Close synonyms include NEbN. 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 north a common word?

northeast by north 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.