 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
south-west
adverb: to, toward, or in the southwest [syn: {southwest}, {sou'west}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
southwest
adjective
1: coming from the southwest; "the winds are southwesterly"
[syn: {southwesterly}]
2: situated in or oriented toward the southwest [syn: {southwestern},
{southwesterly}]
noun
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}]
adverb: to, toward, or in the southwest [syn: {south-west}, {sou'west}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Southwest \South'west\ (?; colloq. sou"-.), noun
The point of the compass equally from the south and the west;
the southwest part or region.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Southwest \South'west"\, adjective
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest;
proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest;
as, a southwest wind.
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
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