windward

1. 1.

   on the side exposed to the wind

   “the windward islands”

   Antonymsleeward

   Similarupwind

1. 1.

   toward the wind

   “they were sailing windward”

   Synonymsdownwind

   Antonymsleeward

Other forms of windward

plural

windwards·

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 windward

What does windward mean?

windward means "the direction from which the wind is coming". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in windward?

windward has 2 syllables: win-dward. The stress falls on "win". In IPA it is /ˈwɪndwɚd/.

What is another word for windward?

Close synonyms include downwind. 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.

What is the opposite of windward?

The recorded antonyms are leeward, leeward, leeward, leeward.

Is windward a common word?

windward 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.