| Northwest 1. (n.) The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region. 2. (a.) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast. 3. (a.) Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind. 4. (adv.) Toward the northwest. Thesaurus Entries Dixieland, Down East, East, East Coast, Middle Atlantic, Middle West, New England, North, North Central region, Northeast, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, South, Southeast, Southwest, Sunbelt, West, West Coast, Yankeeland, eastland, northland, the Coast, westland, wild West |