west by north

1. 1.

   the compass point that is one point north of due west

   SynonymsWbN

   Broadercompass point

Questions about west by north

What does west by north mean?

west by north means "the compass point that is one point north of due west".

What is another word for west by north?

Close synonyms include WbN. 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 west by north a common word?

west by north 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.