Southwest

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Southwest \South`west"\, a.
     Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest;
     proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest;
     as, a southwest wind.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Southwest \South`west\ (?; colloq. sou"-.), n.
     The point of the compass equally from the south and the west;
     the southwest part or region.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  south-west
       adv : to, toward, or in the southwest [syn: {southwest}, {sou'west}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  southwest
       adj 1: coming from the southwest; "the winds are southwesterly"
              [syn: {southwesterly}]
       2: situated in or oriented toward the southwest [syn: {southwestern},
           {southwesterly}]
       n 1: the compass point midway between south and west; at 225
            degrees [syn: {sou'-west}, {SW}]
       2: the southwestern region of the United States [syn: {southwestern
          United States}]
       adv : to, toward, or in the southwest [syn: {south-west}, {sou'west}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "southwest":
     Dixie, Dixieland, Down East, East, East Coast, Middle Atlantic,
     Middle West, New England, North, North Central region, Northeast,
     Northwest, Pacific Northwest, SSW, SW, SW by S, South, Southeast,
     Southwest, Sunbelt, West, West Coast, Yankeeland, antarctic,
     arctic, austral, boreal, cardinal points, compass card,
     compass rose, degrees, east, eastbound, easterly, eastermost,
     eastern, easternmost, eastland, eastward, half points, hyperborean,
     lubber line, meridional, north, northbound, northeast,
     northeasterly, northeastern, northerly, northern, northernmost,
     northland, northward, northwest, northwesterly, northwestern,
     occident, occidental, orient, oriental, quarter points, rhumb,
     south, south-southwest, southbound, southeast, southeasterly,
     southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost, southward,
     southwest by south, southwesterly, southwestern, southwestward,
     southwestwardly, southwestwards, sunrise, sunset, the Coast, west,
     westbound, westerly, western, westernmost, westland, westward,
     wild West