west-southwest

noun

west-south·​west

: a compass point that is two points south of due west : S67°30′W

Examples of west-southwest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The earthquake struck at a depth of 6 miles, with its epicenter approximately 13 miles west-southwest of Petrolia. —Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2025

There’s a massive tropical wave in the central tropical Atlantic very west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025

Of the three visible planets visible to the naked eye, Venus will shine low in the east, Jupiter in the east-southeast and Saturn in the west-southwest. —Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025

The quakes were recorded approximately 102 miles west-southwest of Port Orford, Oregon. —Shane Croucher john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025

Elsewhere in the Pacific, Tropical Depression Twelve-E was located about 190 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds near 35 mph with higher gusts. —Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for west-southwest

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