northeasterly

Questions about northeasterly

What does northeasterly mean?

northeasterly means "coming from the northeast". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in northeasterly?

northeasterly has 4 syllables: nor-thea-ster-ly. The stress falls on "thea". In IPA it is /ˌnɔɹˈθistɚli/.

What is another word for northeasterly?

Close synonyms include northeast, northeastern, northeast. 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 northeasterly a common word?

northeasterly 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.