northwester
Wind from above-left
A northwester is a strong wind or storm blowing from the northwest.
The term appears in nautical and meteorological contexts: A northwester swept across the bay, churning up whitecaps.
In some regions, particularly coastal areas, northwesters are associated with specific weather patterns—cold, blustery conditions in the Northern Hemisphere.
Severe sustained wind
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- nor'easterNortheastern coastal storm system
howling · blustery · gusting · battering · fierce · violent · driving · relentless
Wind-propelled water travel
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
mariner · captain · helm · rigging · mast · keel · tacking · heading
Cold sensation or relaxation
- bitingHarshly critical or cold
- rawIn original state
- bitterSharp, unpleasant taste
- frigidExtremely and intensely cold
icy · cutting · piercing · numbing · bracing · frostbite · windchill · bundled
Device showing cardinal directions
- bearingPosture or orientation
- headingDirectional course traveled
- quadrantFourth of a circle
- azimuthHorizontal directional angle
cardinal · vane · weathercock · anemometer · prevailing · shifting · veering · backing
gale
Severe sustained wind
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
nor'easter · howling · blustery · gusting · battering · fierce · violent · driving · relentless · brewing
sailing
Wind-propelled water travel
harbor · mariner · captain · helm · rigging · mast · keel · tacking · heading · bearing
chill
Cold sensation or relaxation
frigid · icy · cutting · piercing · numbing · bracing · frostbite · windchill · bundled · layered
compass
Device showing cardinal directions
azimuth · cardinal · vane · weathercock · anemometer · prevailing · shifting · veering · backing
northwestersoutheaster
Wind from that compass point
southeasterly · southerly · south wind · easterly · southwester
northwesterbalmy breeze
Gentle warm airflow
warm breeze · zephyr · gentle breeze · warm wind · soft wind
- 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
northwest, northwestern, northwesterner, northwesterners, northwesterly, northwesters