Usually means: Direction moving toward the north.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word northwards:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. northwards: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. northwards: Merriam-Webster
  3. northwards: Collins English Dictionary
  4. northwards: Vocabulary.com
  5. Northwards, northwards: Wordnik
  6. northwards: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. northwards: Wiktionary
  8. northwards: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. northwards: Dictionary.com
  10. northwards: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Northwards: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. northwards: Rhymezone
  13. Northwards: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. northwards: FreeDictionary.org
  15. northwards: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. northwards: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. northwards: Encyclopedia

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▸ adverb:  northward; in a northerly direction

Similar:
northerly, north, in the north, to the north, northwardly, north-northeastwards, north-northwestwards, north-northwest, northeastwards, northwestwards, more...

Opposite:
southwards, southward, southbound, southerly

Adjectives:
further, more, south, extended, little, due, long, main, continuation, british, offensive



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Similar:
northerly, north, in the north, to the north, northwardly, north-northeastwards, north-northwestwards, north-northwest, northeastwards, northwestwards, more...

Opposite:
southwards, southward, southbound, southerly

Adjectives:
further, more, south, extended, little, due, long, main, continuation, british, offensive



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