southwest

1. 1.

   coming from the southwest

   “the winds are southwesterly”

   Synonymssouthwesterly

   Similarsouth
2. 2.

   situated in or oriented toward the southwest

   Synonymssouthwesternsouthwesterly

   Similarsouth

1. 1.

   to, toward, or in the southwest

   Synonymssouth-westsou'west

Other forms of southwest

plural

southwests·

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 southwest

What does southwest mean?

southwest means "the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in southwest?

southwest has 2 syllables: south-west. The stress falls on "west". In IPA it is /ˌsaʊˈθwɛst/.

What is another word for southwest?

Close synonyms include sou'-west, southwestward, SW, southwestern United States, southwesterly. 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 southwest a common word?

southwest 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 southwest?

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