| Leeward 1. (a.) In the direction of the side toward which the wind blows (i.e. sheltered from the wind); -- opposed to windward; as, the leeward side of an island. 2. (n.) The lee side; the lee. 3. (adv.) Toward the lee. Thesaurus Entries alee, anticlockwise, aweather, clockwise, counterclockwise, downwind, earthward, flanking, glancing, heavenward, homeward, landward, lateral, lee, lee sheet, lee shore, lee side, lee tack, leftward, next-beside, rightward, seaward, side, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, skirting, to leeward, to windward, upwind, weather, weatherward, widdershins, windward |