northwestern

Speech parts

1. northwestern - Noun

2. northwestern - Adjective

3. northwestern - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

northwest northwesterly west western east north arctic northern westerner northeast Johns Hopkins northerly Princeton hyperborean northwestward

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Antonyms

east south southeast southwest westerner eastern

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Phrases with the word

Northwestern Federal District northwestern russia coast northwestern anthracnose northwestern thelypody northwestern twayblade

Examples

We've set aside tens of millions of acres of those northwestern forests for perpetuity. The unemployment rate has gone not up, but down. The economy has gone up. Bruce Babbitt

I'm a third-generation American, so I like that American-looking, Northwestern style with a flannel or jean shirt. Cody Horn

I've had a lot of different lives. I was adopted, I grew up in Nebraska, and then I went to Northwestern... Then I had this really extraordinary, different life than my parents. Dan Chaon

I attended schools in Seattle through the University of Washington, from which I was graduated in 1931. I spent the next year at Northwestern University. George Stigler

I was a mime. Im not kidding. I went to Northwestern University and they have a mime company, so we did a lot of training and then a lot of mime shows around Chicago. Kerry Bishe

I never had any film training. I went to Northwestern. I studied education and theater. So it was all theater training. Zach Gilford

Close letter words and terms

northwester northwesterly northwestermost northwestern anthracnose Northwestern Boundary Dispute Northwestern Federal District