Usually means: Direction opposite of northeast compass point.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word Southwest:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. southwest: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. southwest: Merriam-Webster
  3. southwest, southwest, the Southwest, the southwest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. southwest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. southwest, the Southwest: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Southwest, southwest: Vocabulary.com
  7. Southwest, southwest: Wordnik
  8. southwest, the Southwest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. southwest: Wiktionary
  10. southwest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. southwest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. southwest: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. southwest, the southwest: Dictionary.com
  14. southwest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Southwest (Icelandic constituency), Southwest (disambiguation), Southwest (film), Southwest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Southwest: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. southwest: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Southwest: Rhymezone
  19. Southwest: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. southwest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. southwest: FreeDictionary.org
  22. southwest: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. southwest: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. southwest: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Southwest, the Southwest: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Southwest)

▸ noun:  The intercardinal compass point halfway between south and west; specifically at a bearing of 225°.
▸ adjective:  Of, in or pertaining to the southwest; southwestern.
▸ adjective:  Situated toward or in the direction of the southwest; southwestward; southwesterly.
▸ adjective:  Coming from the southwest; southwesterly.
▸ adverb:  Towards or in the direction of the southwest; southwestwards.
▸ noun:  A borough and region of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
▸ noun:  Synonym of Southwestern United States

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south, southwestern, southwesterly, SW, northwest, southeast, northeast, north, west, east, more...

Opposite:
northeast, east, southeast, north, northeastward

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the southwest, Southwest Asia, southwest africa, Southwest China, southwest monsoon, more...

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south, west, extreme, arid, american, far, great, entire, old, whole, prehistoric

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Similar:
south, southwestern, southwesterly, SW, northwest, southeast, northeast, north, west, east, more...

Opposite:
northeast, east, southeast, north, northeastward

Phrases:
the southwest, Southwest Asia, southwest africa, Southwest China, southwest monsoon, Southwest Territory, Southwest Finland, south southwest, west southwest, southwest by south, southwest by west, more...

Adjectives:
south, west, extreme, arid, american, far, great, entire, old, whole, prehistoric

Colors:
    turquoise,     coral,     sage,     sandstone,     cactus green, more...



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