Thesaurus: southwest
The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.
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Definitions
- n. The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.
- a. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.
- adj. coming from the southwest
- adj. situated in or oriented toward the southwest
- n. the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees
- n. the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point
- n. a location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city
- adv. to, toward, or in the southwest
- The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.
- The point of the compass equally from the south and the west;the southwest part or region.
- n:100 n. the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees n. the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado n. the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point