Synonyms of the word

northerly

• n. A wind blowing from the north.
• adj. Facing the north; directed towards the north.
• adj. Located in a northern region.
• adj. Coming from the north.
• adv. In an northward direction or position; towards the north.
• adv. From the north.

boreas

• n. (obsolete, poetic) The north wind.

north

• n. One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally…
• n. The up or positive direction.
• n. Above or higher.
• n. (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic…
• adj. Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
• adj. Toward the north; northward.
• adj. (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
• adj. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
• adj. (colloquial) More or greater than.
• adv. Toward the north; northward.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north.

norther

• n. A strong wind blowing from the north.
• v. Of the wind: to move toward the north.

northern

• adj. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north.
• adj. (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
• adj. (Britain) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised).
• n. (fishing) The northern pike.
• n. (capitalised) The Northern Line of the London Underground.

northward

• n. The direction or area lying to the north of a place.
• adj. Situated or directed towards the north; moving or facing towards the north.
• adv. Towards the north; in a northerly direction.

northwards

• adv. northward; in a northerly direction.

wind

• n. (countable, uncountable) Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or…
• n. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
• n. (countable, uncountable) The ability to breathe easily.
• n. News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.).
• n. (India and Japan) One of the five basic elements (see Wikipedia article on the Classical elements).
• n. (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
• n. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
• n. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points,…
• n. A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent…
• n. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
• n. A bird, the dotterel.
• n. (boxing, slang) The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary…
• v. (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
• v. (transitive) To cause (someone) to become breathless, often by a blow to the abdomen.
• v. (reflexive) To exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath.
• v. (Britain) To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
• v. (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
• v. (transitive) To perceive or follow by scent.
• v. (transitive) To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
• v. (transitive) To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
• v. (transitive) To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
• v. (transitive) To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
• v. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
• v. (ergative) To travel, or to cause something to travel, in a way that is not straight.
• v. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate;…
• v. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
• v. To cover or surround with something coiled about.
• n. The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.