Adjective northwest has 2 senses
- northwestern, northwesterly, northwest - situated in or oriented toward the northwest
Antonym: south (indirect, via north)
- northwesterly, northwest - coming from the northwest; "northwesterly winds"
Antonym: south (indirect, via north)
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Adverbial northwest has 1 sense
- northwest, north-west, nor'-west - to, toward, or in the northwest
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Noun northwest has 2 senses
- Northwest, northwestern United States - the northwestern region of the United States
--1 is a kind of geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
--1 is a part of West, western United States
--1 has parts: Cascades, Cascade Range, Cascade Mountains
- northwest, nor'-west, NW - the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees
--2 is a kind of compass point, point
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