southwest by south

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   the compass point that is one point south of southwest

   SynonymsSWbS

   Broadercompass point

Questions about southwest by south

What does southwest by south mean?

southwest by south means "the compass point that is one point south of southwest".

What is another word for southwest by south?

Close synonyms include SWbS. 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 by south a common word?

southwest by south 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.