Northwest Synonyms

nôrth-wĕst, nôr-wĕst
Situated in or oriented toward the northwest
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. northwesterly
  2. northwestern
  3. nw
  4. nor-west
  5. northwestward
  6. north-north-west
  7. nnw
  8. northwest-by-west
  9. nwbw
  10. northwest-by-north
  11. nwbn
  12. north-northwest
The compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. nor-west
  2. northwestward
  3. nw
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The northwestern region of the United States
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. northwestern United States
To, toward, or in the northwest
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. north-west
  2. northwestwards
  3. northwestwardly
  4. nor-west

Words Related to Northwest

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.

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Northwest Sentence Examples

  • Stay away from the southeast and northwest street corners.

  • On the 3rd of September Henry Hudson, in the employ of the Dutch East India Company, entered New York Bay in the " Half Moon " in search of the " northwest passage."

  • The natural harbour, which, with a depth diminishing from 70 to 30 fathoms, strikes in from the northwest so as to cut the island into two fairly equal portions, with an isthmus not more than 14 m.

  • The principal watershed is formed by the sierras of the state of Mexico, from which streams flow north-east to the Gulf of Mexico, northwest to the Pacific and south-west to the same coast below its great eastward curve.

  • The deformation of the Appalachianswas accomplished in two chief periods of compressive deformation, one in early Palaeozoic, the other about the close of Palaeozoic time, and both undoubtedly of long duration; the second one extended its effects farther northwest than the first.

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