southwest

Adjective

• situated in or oriented toward the southwest

• coming from the southwest
  • the winds are southwesterly
    

Adverb

• to, toward, or in the southwest

Noun

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

• the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point

• the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado

• the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  southwestern , southwesterly , south-west , sou'west , Southwest , southwestern United States , sou'-west , southwestward , SW