northward

1. 1.

   in a northern direction

   “they earn more up north”

   “Let's go north!”

   Synonymsnorthnortherlynorthwards

Other forms of northward

plural

northwards·

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 northward

What does northward mean?

northward means "the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in northward?

northward has 2 syllables: north-ward. The stress falls on "north". In IPA it is /ˈnɔɹθwɚd/.

What is another word for northward?

Close synonyms include north, due north, N, northbound, north. 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 northward a common word?

northward 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.