| Windward 1. (n.) The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward. 2. (a.) Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands. 3. (adv.) Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows. Thesaurus Entries alee, anticlockwise, aweather, clockwise, counterclockwise, downwind, earthward, flanking, glancing, heavenward, homeward, landward, lateral, lee, leeward, leftward, next-beside, rightward, seaward, side, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, skirting, to leeward, to windward, upwind, weather, weather deck, weather helm, weather sheet, weather side, weather tack, weather wheel, weatherboard, weatherward, widdershins, windward ebb, windward flood |