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

1 sense of northwester

Sense 1
northwest wind, northwester -- (a wind from the northwest)
       => 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 northwest

2 senses of northwest

Sense 1
northwestern, northwesterly, northwest -- (situated in or oriented toward the northwest)

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

Sense 2
northwesterly, northwest -- (coming from the northwest; "northwesterly winds")

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

Similarity of adj northwest

2 senses of northwest

Sense 1
northwestern, northwesterly, northwest -- (situated in or oriented toward the northwest)
       => north (vs. south) -- (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico")

Sense 2
northwesterly, northwest -- (coming from the northwest; "northwesterly winds")
       => north (vs. south) -- (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico")