northwest

plural northwests · alternative UK north-west · alternative nor'-west · alternative abbreviation NW

1. The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°.

   Antonyms: southeast

comparative more northwest · superlative most northwest · alternative UK north-west · alternative nor'-west · alternative abbreviation NW

1. not comparableusuallyOf, in or pertaining to the northwest; northwestern.
2. not comparableusuallySituated toward or in the direction of the northwest; northwestward; northwesterly.

   a northwest course

   1 more example

   But on Friday, a U.S. Air Force plane carrying more than 70 deportees arrived around midday in the city of San Pedro Sula, about 100 miles northwest of Tegucigalpa, the capital.

   2025 February 1, Annie Correal, “U.S. Military Planes Deliver Deportees to Honduras”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

3. not comparableusuallyComing from the northwest; northwesterly.

   a northwest wind

comparative further northwest · comparative farther northwest · superlative furthest northwest · superlative farthest northwest · alternative UK north-west · alternative nor'-west · alternative abbreviation NW

1. not comparableusuallyTowards or in the direction of the northwest; northwestwards.

   We are travelling northwest at the moment.

1. Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
   1. USThe northwestern region of the contiguous United States, including the Pacific Northwest.