Usually means: Direction towards the northwest point.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word northwestward:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. northwestward: Merriam-Webster
  2. northwestward, northwestward: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. northwestward: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. northwestward: Collins English Dictionary
  5. northwestward: Vocabulary.com
  6. northwestward: Wordnik
  7. northwestward: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. northwestward: Wiktionary
  9. northwestward: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. northwestward: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. northwestward: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Northwestward, northwestward: Dictionary.com
  13. Northwestward: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. northwestward: Rhymezone
  15. northwestward: FreeDictionary.org
  16. northwestward: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. northwestward: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Northwestward: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

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  1. northwestward: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (northwestward)

▸ adjective:  In or toward the northwest
▸ adverb:  Toward the northwest

Similar:
northwestwardly, north, northwest, northeastward, southwestward, west-northwestward, north-northwestward, west-northwest, northwesterly, west-northwesterly, more...

Opposite:
southeastward, southward, eastward

Types:
north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, more...

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Similar:
northwestwardly, north, northwest, northeastward, southwestward, west-northwestward, north-northwestward, west-northwest, northwesterly, west-northwesterly, more...

Opposite:
southeastward, southward, eastward

Types:
north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, more...



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