Northward Synonyms

nôrthwərd
The cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. north
  2. due-north
  3. n
In a northern direction
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. north
  2. northwards
  3. northerly
Moving toward the north
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. northbound

Words Related to Northward

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. southward
  2. eastward
  3. westward
  4. eastwards
  5. south-eastwards
  6. north-westwards
  7. north-eastwards
  8. southwards
  9. south-westward
  10. north-eastward
  11. south-eastward
  12. northwestward

Northward Sentence Examples

  • A branch line runs northward to Birr or Parsonstown.

  • A small area in the north-eastern corner of the state is drained northward by the Tennessee and the Hatchie.

  • It was left to the veteran explorer, Sturt, to achieve the arduous enterprise of penetrating from the Darling northward to the very centre of the continent.

  • David Carnegie, which started in July 1896, and travelled north-easterly until it reached Alexander Spring; then turning northward, it traversed the country between Wells's track of 1896 and the South Australian border.

  • Instead, we find the Sakai occupying this position, thus indicating that they have been driven northward by the Malays, and that the latter people has not been expelled by the Mon-Khmer races from the countries now represented by Burma, Siam and French Indo-China.

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