Meanings
comparative more southwestward · superlative most southwestward
- In or toward the southwest
comparative more southwestward · superlative most southwestward
- Toward the southwest
Synonyms: southwestwards, southwest
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbToward the southwest
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivetoward the southwest
nounthe compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees
adverbin a southwestward direction
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishsouthwest
- Proto-Indo-European*wert-
- Proto-Germanic*wardaz
- Englishsouthwestward
Translations
Dutch zuidwest
- zuidwesttowards the southwest
Hungarian délnyugatra, délnyugat felé
- délnyugatratowards the southwest
- délnyugat felétowards the southwest
Māori kei te tonga-mā-uru, kei te hauāuru-mā-tonga
- kei te tonga-mā-uruin the southwest
- kei te hauāuru-mā-tongain the southwest
- kei te uru-mā-tongain the southwest
- ki te tonga-mā-urutowards the southwest, in a southwesterly direction
- ki te hauāuru-mā-tongatowards the southwest, in a southwesterly direction
- ki te uru-mā-tongatowards the southwest, in a southwesterly direction
- ki te tonga-mā-urutowards the southwest
- ki te hauāuru-mā-tongatowards the southwest
- ki te uru-mā-tongatowards the southwest
Cite this entry
southwestward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southwestward
“southwestward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southwestward. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “southwestward,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southwestward.
Source: southwestward on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.