northwest
Syllables: north·west/nɔːθˈwɛst/US/nɔɹθˈwɛst/
northwest noun: the intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°.
Noun
northwest (plural northwests)
- The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°.
- Antonyms:
- southeast
Adjective
northwest (not generally comparable, comparative more northwest, superlative most northwest)
- Of, in or pertaining to the northwest; northwestern.
- Situated toward or in the direction of the northwest; northwestward; northwesterly.
- a northwest course
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- Coming from the northwest; northwesterly.
- a northwest wind
Adverb
northwest (not generally comparable, comparative further northwest or farther northwest, superlative furthest northwest or farthest northwest)
- Towards or in the direction of the northwest; northwestwards.
- We are travelling northwest at the moment.
Proper noun capitalized: Northwest
the Northwest
- Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
- The northwestern region of the contiguous United States, including the Pacific Northwest.
northwest meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
northwest in Hindi
- compass point
- पश्चिमोत्तर, उत्तरपश्चिम uttarpaścim
northwest in Tamil
- compass point
- வடமேற்கு vaṭamēṟku
northwest in Marathi
- northwest
- वायव्य vāyavya
northwest in Bengali
- বায়ু কোণ
More languagesFewer languages
- northwest in Telugu
- వాయవ్యం vāyavyaṁ
- northwest in Kannada
- ಕೊಂಕಣ, ವಾಯವ್ಯ
- northwest in Gujarati
- ઉત્તરપશ્ચિમ uttarpaścim
- northwest in Sinhala
- වයඹ wayaᵐba
- northwest in Malay
- barat laut
- northwest in Indonesian
- barat laut
- northwest in Persian
- شمال غربی šamâl-e ġarbi
- northwest in Thai
- พายัพ paa-yáp
- northwest in Vietnamese
- phía tây bắc, hướng tây bắc, tây bắc
- northwest in Myanmar
- အနောက်မြောက် a.naukmrauk
Examples of northwest in a sentence
- Hikers love the wild country that lies northwest of this river confluence.
- There's a big camp in the woods northwest of here. It's popular with hikers and bushcrafters.
- Yilamujiang grew up in Altay, a prefecture bordering Mongolia in far northwest Xinjiang.
Antonyms of northwest
Forms of northwest
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | northwests |
| alternative UK | north-west |
| alternative form | nor'-west |
| alternative abbreviation | NW |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more northwest |
| superlative | most northwest |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | further northwest |
| comparative | farther northwest |
| superlative | furthest northwest |
| superlative | farthest northwest |
Origin of northwest
From Middle English northwest, from Old English norþwest, equivalent to north + west.
By proprialization from northwest.
Words formed from northwest
- north by northwest
- north-northwest
- north northwest
- north-northwesterly
- north-northwestern
- north-northwestwards
- North West
- Northwest Arctic Borough
- northwestbound
- northwest by north
- northwest by west
- northwester
- northwesterly
- northwestern
- Northwest Germanic
- northwestmost
- Northwest Passage
- Northwest Territories
- northwestwards
- Old Northwest
- Pacific Northwest
- west northwest
- west-northwest
- west-northwesterly
- west-northwestern
- west-northwestwards
Phrases with northwest
Words that rhyme with northwest
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- attest
- guest
- quest
- bequest
- distressed
- pest
- prest
- request
- revest
- west
- wrest
- zest
- contest
- depressed
- dressed
- gest
- impressed
- jest
- suggest
- acid test
- best
- celeste
- divest
- ingest
- molest
- North West
- possessed
- pressed
- professed
- southwest
- -cest
- addressed
- behest
- compressed
- congest
- detest
- fest
- infest
- lest
- obsessed
- pretest
- processed
- repressed
- rest.
- stressed
- tressed
- unrest
- unstressed
Questions about northwest
- What does northwest mean?
- Northwest means the intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°.
- What is northwest in Hindi?
- Northwest in Hindi is पश्चिमोत्तर, उत्तरपश्चिम (uttarpaścim). See Northwest meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is northwest?
- Northwest can be a noun, an adjective, an adverb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce northwest?
- Northwest is pronounced /nɔɹθˈwɛst/ (US).
- What is the plural of northwest?
- The plural of northwest is northwests.
Words near northwest in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: northwest (page history and authors); Northwest (page history and authors); वायव्य (Marathi) (page history and authors); northwest (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); northwest (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ઉત્તરપશ્ચિમ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); වයඹ (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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