west by south

1. 1.

   the compass point that is one point south of due west

   SynonymsWbS

   Broadercompass point

Questions about west by south

What does west by south mean?

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

What is another word for west by south?

Close synonyms include WbS. 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 south a common word?

west 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.