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

1 sense of southwestern

Sense 1
Southwestern, West Saxon -- (a dialect of Middle English)
       => Middle English -- (English from about 1100 to 1450)

Antonyms of adj southwestern

2 senses of southwestern

Sense 1
southwest, southwestern, southwesterly -- (situated in or oriented toward the southwest)

INDIRECT (VIA south) -> north -- (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico")

Sense 2
southwestern -- (of a region of the United States generally including New Mexico; Arizona; Texas; California; and sometimes Nevada; Utah; Colorado)

INDIRECT (VIA western) -> eastern -- (of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States; "the Eastern establishment")

Similarity of adj southwestern

2 senses of southwestern

Sense 1
southwest, southwestern, southwesterly -- (situated in or oriented toward the southwest)
       => south (vs. north) -- (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south; "the south entrance")

Sense 2
southwestern -- (of a region of the United States generally including New Mexico; Arizona; Texas; California; and sometimes Nevada; Utah; Colorado)
       => western (vs. eastern) -- (of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River; "a Western ranch")