Definitions for Southwest

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Southwest south·west

Spelling: [south-west; Nautical sou-west]

IPA: /ˌsaʊθˈwɛst; Nautical ˌsaʊˈwɛst/

Southwest is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 226 anagrams from letters in Southwest (ehossttuw).

Definitions for Southwest

noun

1. the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
2. a region in this direction.
3. the Southwest, the southwest region of the United States.

adverb

1. in the direction midway between south and west.

adjective

1. lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the southwest.
2. coming from the southwest, as a wind.

Origin of Southwest

before 900; Middle English; Old English sūthwest. See south, west

Examples for Southwest

In the Rockies, the number climbs to 26 percent, and in the southwest, fully a third are on board.

Harrison was the hero of the Northwest, as Jackson had been of the southwest.

This leaves southwest, a serious competitor, as the only domestic carrier left able to claim “bags fly free.”

It is about five hundred feet long, running northeast and southwest.

"southwest, at about a thousand more elevation," he directed.

Checkpoints like this one and the 33 others along the southwest border are the source of frustration for the towns they occupy.

It faded soon into a gray fog, with puffs of wind from the southwest again.

AirAsia, on the other hand, is a relatively new carrier, an upstart in the tradition of southwest Airlines in the United States.

Close to 50,000 unaccompanied Central American minors showed up at the southwest border this year.

If the woman was there, if she inhabited the southwest chamber, there might be some sign of her.