Southwest Synonyms

south-wĕst, sou-wĕst
The southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. the West
  2. the Wild West
  3. the Old West
  4. the Great Open Spaces
  5. southwestern United States
  6. sou-west
  7. the Cow Country
  8. Cactus Country
  9. southwestward
  10. ssw
  11. sw
Situated in or oriented toward the southwest
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. southwesterly
  2. southwestern
  3. sw
  4. sou-west
  5. southwestward
  6. south-south-west (SSW)
  7. southwest by west (SWbW)
  8. southwest by south (SWbS)
  9. south-southwest
To, toward, or in the southwest
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. south-west
  2. southwestwardly
  3. sou'west
  4. southwestwards

Words Related to Southwest

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. west
  2. direction
  3. united states
  4. southeast
  5. northwest
  6. north-west
  7. northeast
  8. north-east
  9. south-east
  10. north
  11. south
  12. southern
  13. south-western
  14. north-eastern
  15. southeastern
  16. south-eastern
  17. nw

Southwest Sentence Examples

  • In 1866 the borders of the colony were extended on the southwest by the annexation of part of Kaffraria that had formerly been under the sway of the Pondo chief Faku, who found himself unable to maintain his authority in a region occupied by many diverse tribes.

  • In the southwest part is Central Park, lying along the shore of Willand's Pond.

  • The southwest monsoon which brings rain in Cochin-China coincides with the dry season in Annam, the reason probably being that the mountains and lofty plateaus separating the two countries retain the precipitation.

  • About 115 B.C. the power over south Arabia passed from the Sabaeans to the Himyarites, a people from the extreme southwest of Arabia; and about this time the kingdom of Katabania came to an end.

  • Issuing thence at its southwest extremity, the Oglio has a long and winding course through the plain before it finally reaches the Po a few miles above Borgoforte.

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