the northwest

noun

variants or the Northwest

: the northwestern part of a country or region

A mountain range is in the northwest of the country.

Examples of the northwest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This storm was nearly stationary, drifting only slowly toward the northwest. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026

The storm was moving north at 7 mph (11 kph), the center said, adding that a gradual turn to the northwest was expected late this week. — ABC News, 1 July 2026

Thanks to our heat wave out east, winds over the Pacific Ocean from the northwest have been consistent all week at producing a deep marine layer. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026

And it could be found anywhere, literally anywhere, even so obscure and remote a place as the northwest corner of the Atlantic Ocean, in this tiny little city of Boston. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026

Rhymes for the northwest

• acquiesced
• coalesced
• dispossessed
• manifest
• overdressed
• overstressed
• prepossessed
• reassessed
• reinvest
• repossessed
• unaddressed
• uncompressed