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