northwest
Between north and west
Northwest refers to the direction midway between north and west, or the region lying in that direction.
As an adjective or adverb, it describes movement or position toward that compass point: We drove northwest for three hours.
A northwest wind blows from the northwest.
The term often appears in regional names: the Pacific Northwest, Northwest Territories. (Capitalized Northwest typically refers to a specific region.)
Of foremost importance
- intercardinalBetween primary compass directions
- bearingPosture or orientation
- headingDirectional course traveled
- coursePlanned path forward
orientation · direction · navigation · compass rose · quadrant · northeast · southwest · southeast
cardinal
Of foremost importance
- intercardinalBetween primary compass directions
- bearingPosture or orientation
- headingDirectional course traveled
course · orientation · direction · navigation · compass rose · quadrant · northeast · southwest · southeast · magnetic
- cardinal directionssouth, east, northeast, southeast, southwest
- intercardinal directionsnortheast, southeast, southwest, NW, SE
- compass termssouth, east, northeast, southeast, southwest
- windswind, breeze, gust, gusts, gale
- compassesmagnetic compass, compass needle, compass rose, compass card, compass heading
- directionssouth, east, left, right, up
northwestsoutheast
Intercardinal compass point
south · east · south-southeast · east-southeast · southeastward
northwestDeep South
Southernmost American states
South · Sun Belt · Dixie · Gulf Coast · Southwest
- Pacific NorthwestCoastal American region, northward
- Northwest PassageArctic shipping channel
- Northwest TerritoriesNorthern Canadian administrative region
- Northwest TerritoryFormer British North American region
- North by NorthwestIntermediate compass point
- Northwest CoastWestern seaboard's northern stretch
northwestern, northwesterner, northwesterners, northwesterly, northwestward, northwester, northwestwards, northwesters, northwesterlies