sou'west

1. 1.

   to, toward, or in the southwest

   Synonymssouthwestsouth-west

Questions about sou'west

What does sou'west mean?

sou'west means "to, toward, or in the southwest".

How many syllables are in sou'west?

sou'west has 2 syllables and divides as sou'-west under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sou'west?

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

sou'west 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.