northwestward

1. 1.

   in a northwestward direction

   Synonymsnorthwestwardly

Other forms of northwestward

plural

northwestwards·

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 northwestward

What does northwestward mean?

northwestward means "the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in northwestward?

northwestward has 3 syllables: north-wes-tward. The stress falls on "north".

What is another word for northwestward?

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

northwestward 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.