Southwest

What do we mean by southwest?

The direction or point on the mariner's compass halfway between due south and due west, or 135° west of due north. noun

An area or region lying in the southwest. noun

A region of the southwest United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and Nevada and sometimes Utah and Colorado. noun

To, toward, of, facing, or in the southwest. adjective

Originating in or coming from the southwest. adjective

In, from, or toward the southwest. adverb

To or from the southwest: as, the ship proceeded southwest; the wind blew southwest.

That point on the horizon between south and west which is equally distant from them. noun

A wind blowing from the southwest. noun

With the definite article, the southwestern regions of the United States: in this phrase are often included the States of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas, the Territories of Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, and the Indian Territory. noun

Pertaining to the point midway between south and west, or lying in that direction.

Proceeding from the southwest: as, a southwest wind.

The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region. noun

Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest. adjective

The compass point halfway between south and west, specifically 225°, abbreviated as SW. noun

Towards the southwest, southwestwards, southwestern. adjective

From the southwest, southwesterly adjective

To, toward, or in the southwest adverb

A location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city noun

Situated in or oriented toward the southwest adjective

The compass point halfway between south and west, specifically 225°, abbreviated as SW.

Words that are spelled similarly to southwest:
southwest, south-west, south west, northwest, southeast, mouthiest, south east, southmost, south-east, southness, southwell, soothest, souwest, out west, sou west.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word southwest:
monsoon, northeast, corner, northwest, southeast, crater, glacier, confluence, rim, antarctica, borders, flows, tributary, intersection, antarctic, bounded, plateau, freeway, slopes, ridge, interstate, corridor, elevation, missouri, asia, austin, southwestern, mountains, downtown, peak, terminus, texas, creek, junction, peninsula, border, avenue, conference, lake, winds, pacific, highway, lies, mount, arkansas, basin, interchange, boulevard, bureau, canyon, houston, desert, passes, municipality, route, southeastern, township, portland, arizona, mountain, reaches, west, river, tropical.

Words that rhyme with southwest:
test, manifest, best, rest, request, suggest, quest, attest, crest, nest, lest, contest, vest, chest, west, behest, arrest, zest, abreast, protest, blessed, invest, divest, jest, digest, incest, breast, distressed, obsessed, pest, guest, fest, ingest, detest, impressed, bequest, celeste, depressed, wrest, molest, assessed, unrest, accessed, blest, gest, possessed, stressed, pressed, inquest, este, infest, addressed, oppressed, teste, acquiesced, suppressed, geste, dressed, congest, recessed, northwest, midwest, expressed, slugfest, brest, armrest, compressed, budapest, coalesced, repressed, dispossessed, headrest, finessed, yest, prest, transgressed, professed, goldcrest, retest, alkahest, digressed, bucharest, mest, drest, caressed, backrest, feste, blood test, confessed, unimpressed, dest, self-professed, house arrest, at best, guessed, reinvest, messed, mae west, undressed, cardiac arrest.

Adjectives that are often used to describe southwest:
south, west, extreme, arid, american, far, great, entire, old, whole, prehistoric, northern, short, greater, dry, rural, due, hispanic, urban, ancient, southern, vast, day, plain, mountainous, spanish, german, semiarid, remote, distant, sunny, century, pacific, native, warm, north, hot, prehispanic, mile, contemporary, interior, sweet, fertile, beloved, mid, flat, coastal, speaking, aboriginal, straight, adjacent, minute, cinc, east, booming, precontact, mexican, populated, hour, farthest, desert, unknown, wind, argonaut, romantic.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective southwest:
corner, coast, side, monsoon, part, wind, pacific, end, quarter, asia, winds, china, virginia, england, direction, region, france, shore, portion, states, missouri, africa, germany, border, texas, quadrant, section, area, edge, wall, tip, georgia, angle, slope, comer, florida, flank, point, course, face, japan, ridge, ocean, northeast, corners, scotland, breeze, louisiana, monsoons, county, washington, margin, oregon, boundary, sides, colorado, sector, room, gale, tower, india, slopes, season, wisconsin, australia, kansas, extremity, iran, alaska, trend, bank, miles, wales, arkansas, regions, arabia, entrance, greenland, ireland, gate, europe, zone, coasts, district, ethiopia, branch, mexico, axis, britain, horizon, frontier, province, counties, peninsula, wing, nigeria.

Consonant match to southwest:
south-west, south west.

Words that sound like southwest:
southwest, south west, south-west, se, southeast, south-east, south east, seaquist, southwestern, south coast, southwood, south by west, sourest, south wind, south by east, celeste, sequester, southward, celest, skywest, southwell, sauciest, sea chest, side quest, softest, sorest, psalmist, sothis, sassiest, the west, suckiest, sickest, sexist, somewhat, cyclist, safest, soonest, smoothest, so what, secrest, seacrest, sophist, setlist, satirist, set list, say what, sandwiched, sequenced, sanest, sciolist, solaced, sayest, secrist, southwick, sechrist, sea mist, soothness, saxist, sick list, sechrest, sallust, sapphist, solo whist, sowieso, sacrist, mouthiest, stressed, suppressed, northwest, southside, sufficed, sest, seacoast, sorriest, southend, southport, south side, souths, so that, say yes, southgate, cessed, south end, out west, sea coast, southworth, south platte, north-west, south sea, east west, south gate, cineast, south seas, southed, southpaws, south wales, c-suite, south southwest, southwest asia, north west.