northwest

1. 1.

   situated in or oriented toward the northwest

   Synonymsnorthwesternnorthwesterly

   Similarnorth
2. 2.

   coming from the northwest

   “northwesterly winds”

   Synonymsnorthwesterly

   Similarnorth

1. 1.

   to, toward, or in the northwest

   Synonymsnorth-westnor'-west

Other forms of northwest

plural

northwests·

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 northwest

What does northwest mean?

northwest means "the northwestern region of the United States". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in northwest?

northwest has 2 syllables: north-west. The stress falls on "west". In IPA it is /ˌnɔɹˈθwɛst/.

What is another word for northwest?

Close synonyms include northwestern United States, nor'-west, northwestward, NW, northwestern. 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 northwest a common word?

northwest is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with northwest?

1 word rhymes with northwest. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.