'Southwest' definitions:
Definition of 'southwest'
(from WordNet)
adverb
To, toward, or in the southwest [syn: southwest, south-west, sou'west]
adjective
Coming from the southwest; "the winds are southwesterly" [syn: southwesterly, southwest]
adjective
Situated in or oriented toward the southwest [syn: southwest, southwestern, southwesterly]
noun
The compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees [syn: southwest, sou'-west, southwestward, SW]
noun
The southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado [syn: Southwest, southwestern United States]
noun
The direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point
noun
A location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city
Definition of 'Southwest'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Southwest'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'southwest'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antarctic,
- arctic,
- austral,
- boreal,
- cardinal points,
- compass card,
- compass rose,
- degrees,
- Dixie,
- Dixieland,
- Down East,
- East,
- east,
- East Coast,
- eastbound,
- easterly,
- eastermost,
- eastern,
- easternmost,
- eastland,
- eastward,
- half points,
- hyperborean,
- lubber line,
- meridional,
- Middle Atlantic,
- Middle West,
- New England,
- north,
- North,
- North Central region,
- northbound,
- northeast,
- Northeast,
- northeasterly,
- northeastern,
- northerly,
- northern,
- northernmost,
- northland,
- northward,
- northwest,
- Northwest,
- northwesterly,
- northwestern,
- occident,
- occidental,
- orient,
- oriental,
- Pacific Northwest,
- quarter points,
- rhumb,
- South,
- south,
- south-southwest,
- southbound,
- southeast,
- Southeast,
- southeasterly,
- southeastern,
- southerly,
- southern,
- southernmost,
- southward,
- Southwest,
- southwest by south,
- southwesterly,
- southwestern,
- southwestward,
- southwestwardly,
- southwestwards,
- SSW,
- Sunbelt,
- sunrise,
- sunset,
- SW,
- SW by S,
- the Coast,
- West,
- west,
- West Coast,
- westbound,
- westerly,
- western,
- westernmost,
- westland,
- westward,
- wild West,
- Yankeeland