Meanings
comparative more northeastward · superlative most northeastward
- In or toward the northeast.
comparative more northeastward · superlative most northeastward
- Toward the northeast.
Synonyms: northeastwards
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbToward the northeast.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivetoward the northeast
nounthe compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
adverbin a northeastward direction
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishnortheast
- Proto-Indo-European*wert-
- Proto-Germanic*wardaz
- Englishnortheastward
Translations
Dutch noordoost-, noordoostelijk
- noordoost-towards the northeast
- noordoostelijktowards the northeast
Esperanto nordorienta
- nordorientatowards the northeast
German nordostwärts, nach Nordosten
- nordostwärtstowards the northeast
- nach Nordostentowards the northeast
Greek βορειοανατολικός
- βορειοανατολικός (voreioanatolikós)towards the northeast
Hungarian északkeleti, északkeletre
- északkeletitowards the northeast, in the direction of the northeast
- északkeletretowards the northeast
- északkelet felétowards the northeast
Irish soir ó thuaidh
- soir ó thuaidhtowards the northeast
Māori whaka-te-pāwhakarua, ki te rāwhiti-mā-raki
- whaka-te-pāwhakaruatowards the northeast, in the direction of the northeast
- ki te rāwhiti-mā-rakitowards the northeast, in the direction of the northeast
- ki te marangai-mā-rarotowards the northeast, in the direction of the northeast
- ki te raki-mā-rāwhititowards the northeast, in the direction of the northeast
- ki te rāwhiti-mā-rakitowards the northeast
- ki te marangai-mā-rarotowards the northeast
- ki te raki-mā-rāwhititowards the northeast
- whaka-te-pāwhakaruatowards the northeast
Portuguese nordeste
- nordestetowards the northeast
Romanian nordestic, de nord-est
- nordestictowards the northeast
- de nord-esttowards the northeast
Russian се́веро-восто́чный
- се́веро-восто́чный (sévero-vostóčnyj)towards the northeast
Spanish al nordeste, hacia el nordeste
- al nordestetowards the northeast
- hacia el nordestetowards the northeast
Cite this entry
northeastward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/northeastward
“northeastward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/northeastward. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “northeastward,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/northeastward.
Source: northeastward on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.