Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun northerly

1 sense of northerly

Sense 1
north wind, northerly, norther, boreas -- (a wind that blows from the north)
       => wind, air current, current of air -- (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere")

Antonyms of adj northerly

2 senses of northerly

Sense 1
northerly, northern -- (situated in or oriented toward the north; "the northern suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction")

INDIRECT (VIA north) -> south -- (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south; "the south entrance")

Sense 2
northerly, northern -- (coming from the north; used especially of wind; "the north wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are northerly")

INDIRECT (VIA north) -> south -- (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south; "the south entrance")

Similarity of adj northerly

2 senses of northerly

Sense 1
northerly, northern -- (situated in or oriented toward the north; "the northern suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction")
       => north (vs. south) -- (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico")

Sense 2
northerly, northern -- (coming from the north; used especially of wind; "the north wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are northerly")
       => north (vs. south) -- (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico")

Synonyms of adv northerly

1 sense of northerly

Sense 1
north, northerly, northwards, northward -- (in a northern direction; "they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!")