northerly

1. 1.

   a wind that blows from the north

   Synonymsnorth windnortherboreas

   Broaderwind

   Narrowerbisemistraltramontane

1. 1.

   in a northern direction

   “they earn more up north”

   “Let's go north!”

   Synonymsnorthnorthwardsnorthward

Other forms of northerly

plural

northerlies·

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 northerly

What does northerly mean?

northerly means "situated in or oriented toward the north". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in northerly?

northerly has 3 syllables: nor-ther-ly. The stress falls on "nor". In IPA it is /ˈnɔɹðɚli/.

What is another word for northerly?

Close synonyms include northern, northern, north wind, norther, boreas. 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 northerly a common word?

northerly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.