SOUTHWESTERS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

southwesters

noun

plural of southwester

as in northeasters

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Noun

Ditka and Ryan had an often adversarial relationship, with the two nearly coming to blows during halftime of the team's only 1985 season loss, to the Miami Dolphins.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Even with a human controlling the machine remotely, LaPenna was still trading blows with a heavy metal robot capable of putting real force behind its movements.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of blows

Noun

The storm then roared into Alabama with tropical-force winds before heading farther north.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
The hurricane’s center swirled parallel to the coast, closing in on the Puerto Vallarta area, where its most damaging winds and rain were expected to hit around midnight and continue through Monday morning.

— Fernando Llano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of winds

Noun

The debate airs on Atlanta News First and Gray television stations around the state (WALB in Albany, WRDW in Augusta, WTVM and WXTX in Columbus and WTOC in Savannah).

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Disney also plans to use the fact that the next Super Bowl airs during a three-day-weekend and in close proximity to Valentine’s Day.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of airs

Noun

New York’s summer weather has been a trial and a tribulation, intense heat — temperatures reached over 100 degrees in Central Park on the hottest day in July — alternating with gales and floods.

— Matthew Schneier, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2026
Our arrival in the Madawaska River country of eastern Ontario, near Combermere, was noteworthy only for the snow flurries and marrow-chilling gales that howled down from Hudson Bay to greet us.

— HARRY H. EDEL, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of gales

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Middle-market consumers, already pressured by high new and used car prices, see that compounded (literally) by severe financing headwinds.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
Tony has played an important role over the course of his tenure, stepping up during challenging periods and leading his team through both internal changes and industry headwinds.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026

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