sou'-sou'-west

1. 1.

   the compass point midway between south and southwest

   Synonymssouth southwestSSW

   Broadercompass point

1. 1.

   to, toward, or in the south southwest

   Synonymssouth-southwest

Questions about sou'-sou'-west

What does sou'-sou'-west mean?

sou'-sou'-west means "the compass point midway between south and southwest". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sou'-sou'-west?

sou'-sou'-west has 3 syllables: sou'--sou'--west. The stress falls on "sou'-".

What is another word for sou'-sou'-west?

Close synonyms include south southwest, SSW, south-southwest. 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 sou'-sou'-west a common word?

sou'-sou'-west 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.