southwestward
Desert direction from here
Southwestward means toward the southwest—the direction midway between south and west.
It works as both an adverb and adjective: The storm moved southwestward, a southwestward migration.
The variant southwestwards appears in British English.
Posture or orientation
- headingDirectional course traveled
- coursePlanned path forward
- azimuthHorizontal directional angle
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
trajectory · vector · compass · cardinal · intercardinal · waypoint · route · direction
Arduous overland journey
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- voyageJourney by sea
- traverseMove across an area
- caravanTraveling group with goods
trail · overland · passage · crossing · pioneering · frontier · desert · arid
Dimming after sundown
- twilightLight after sunset
- eveningLate day period
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- glowSteady, soft light
amber · sundown · afterglow · golden · silhouette · skyline · crimson · shadows
Angled, not straightforward
- angledTurned from perpendicular
- slantedAngled from vertical
- inclinedTending toward, tilted
- crosswiseAt right angles
transverse · athwart · catty-corner · cornerwise · bias · askew · tilted · cater-cornered
Egg-laying flying vertebrates
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- caribouNorth American arctic deer
- whalesMassive marine mammals
- butterfliesFluttering insects or nervousness
geese · ducks · swallows · storks · arctic terns · hummingbirds · sandhill cranes · salmon
bearing
Posture or orientation
orientation · trajectory · vector · compass · cardinal · intercardinal · waypoint · route · direction · true
trek
Arduous overland journey
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- voyageJourney by sea
- traverseMove across an area
caravan · trail · overland · passage · crossing · pioneering · frontier · desert · arid · dusty
dusk
Dimming after sundown
glow · amber · sundown · afterglow · golden · silhouette · skyline · crimson · shadows · fading
oblique
Angled, not straightforward
crosswise · transverse · athwart · catty-corner · cornerwise · bias · askew · tilted · cater-cornered · kitty-corner
birds
Egg-laying flying vertebrates
butterflies · geese · ducks · swallows · storks · arctic terns · hummingbirds · sandhill cranes · salmon · wildebeest
southwestwardnortheastward
Toward the diagonal compass point
northeasterly · northeast · northeastwards · northward · north