Check Dictionary

Find out more about word, its definitions etc.

Valid in these dictionaries

TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of southwest

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  southwest
      adv 1: to, toward, or in the southwest [syn: {southwest},
             {south-west}, {sou'west}]
      adj 1: coming from the southwest; "the winds are southwesterly"
             [syn: {southwesterly}, {southwest}]
      2: situated in or oriented toward the southwest [syn:
         {southwest}, {southwestern}, {southwesterly}]
      n 1: the compass point midway between south and west; at 225
           degrees [syn: {southwest}, {sou'-west}, {southwestward},
           {SW}]
      2: the southwestern region of the United States generally
         including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and
         sometimes Utah and Colorado [syn: {Southwest}, {southwestern
         United States}]
      3: the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass
         point
      4: a location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or
         city

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

Use this dictionary checker to learn more about a word - find out its meaning and also make sure whether that word is a valid word in any of these dictionaries (used by popular word games). Here is the list of dictionaries it checks for :

OCTWL / TWL : The official dictionary for scrabble game in United States, Canada and Thailand.
SOWPODS / CSW : UK and the rest of the world uses this dictionary for various word games including scrabble.
ENABLE - This is the default dictionary for Words with Friends.

The dictionary checker is also good at solving any issue with a disputed word when you're playing scramble games gainst your friends or family members. As a bonus, you also learn new words while having fun!

Back to Word Unscrambler