Meanings
comparative more southeastward · superlative most southeastward
- In or toward the southeast
comparative more southeastward · superlative most southeastward
- Toward the southeast
Synonyms: southeastwards
- The southeast
Task Force 52 approached Makin Atoll from the southeastward.
1972, George Carroll Dyer, chapter XVII, in The Amphibians Came to Conquer: The Story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, volume 2, U.S. Marine Corps, →OL, page 657
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbToward the southeast
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivetoward the southeast
nounthe compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees
adverbin a southeastward direction
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishsoutheast
- Proto-Indo-European*wert-
- Proto-Germanic*wardaz
- Englishsoutheastward
Translations
Finnish kaakkoon
- kaakkoontowards the southeast
Greek νοτιοανατολικά
- νοτιοανατολικά (notioanatoliká)towards the southeast
Māori ki te tonga-mā-rāwhiti
- ki te tonga-mā-rāwhititowards the southeast
Portuguese sudeste
- sudestetowards the southeast
Romanian sudestic, de sud-est
- sudestictowards the southeast
- de sud-esttowards the southeast
Russian ю́го-восто́чный
- ю́го-восто́чный (júgo-vostóčnyj)towards the southeast
Spanish al sudeste
- al sudestetowards the southeast
Vietnamese đông nam
- đông namtowards the southeast
Cite this entry
southeastward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southeastward
“southeastward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southeastward. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “southeastward,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southeastward.
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