northwest

northwest is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 15 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.
2. adjective. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.
3. adjective. Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.
4. adverb. Toward the northwest.
5. noun. a location in the northwestern part of a country, region, or city
6. noun. the northwestern region of the United States
7. noun. the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees

   Synonyms: northwestward, nw

8. noun. the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point
9. adjective. situated in or oriented toward the northwest

   Synonyms: northwesterly, northwestern

10. adjective. coming from the northwest

    "northwesterly winds"

    Synonyms: northwesterly

11. adverb. to, toward, or in the northwest

Synonyms

northwestward, nw, northwesterly, northwestern

Common word forms

northwests, northwester

Words from these letters

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