Adjective southwest has 2 senses
- southwesterly, southwest - coming from the southwest; "the winds are southwesterly"
Antonym: north (indirect, via south)
- southwest, southwestern, southwesterly - situated in or oriented toward the southwest
Antonym: north (indirect, via south)
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Adverbial southwest has 1 sense
- southwest, south-west, sou'west - to, toward, or in the southwest
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Noun southwest has 2 senses
- southwest, sou'-west, SW - the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees
--1 is a kind of compass point, point
- Southwest, southwestern United States - the southwestern region of the United States
--2 is a kind of geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
--2 is a part of West, western United States
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