northeastward

1. 1.

   in a northeastward direction

   “the river flows northeastward to the gulf”

   Synonymsnortheastwardly

Other forms of northeastward

plural

northeastwards·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about northeastward

What does northeastward mean?

northeastward means "the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in northeastward?

northeastward has 3 syllables: nor-theas-tward. The stress falls on "theas". In IPA it is /ˌnɔɹˈθistwɚd/.

What is another word for northeastward?

Close synonyms include northeast, nor'-east, NE, northeastwardly. 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 northeastward a common word?

northeastward 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.