southwest
English Thesaurus
1. a location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city (noun.location)
| hypernym | : | location, |
| definition | : | a point or extent in space (noun.tops) |
2. the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado (noun.location)
| part holonym | : | arizona, az, grand canyon state, |
| definition | : | a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | ca, calif., california, golden state, |
| definition | : | a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | lone-star state, texas, tx, |
| definition | : | the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | west, western united states, |
| definition | : | the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River (noun.location) |
| domain member region | : | arroyo, |
| definition | : | a stream or brook (noun.object) |
3. the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees (noun.linkdef)
| hypernym | : | compass point, point, |
| definition | : | any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass (noun.linkdef) |
4. the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point (noun.linkdef)
| hypernym | : | direction, |
| definition | : | the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves (noun.linkdef) |
5. situated in or oriented toward the southwest (adj.all)
| similar | : | south, south, |
| definition | : | situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south (adj.all) |
6. coming from the southwest (adj.all)
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