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The Meaning of windward

  • (n.) The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward.
  • (a.) Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands.
  • (adv.) Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.

Synonyms

downwind , upwind , weather(prenominal)

Antonyms

lee side , leeward , lee , lee(a) , downwind , upwind

Rhymes

timbered , sherard , dismembered , hazzard , hundred(3) , empowered , reconfigured , evered , hired , lansford , colored , ill-favored , bedward , dorward , churchward , misheard , faltered , manward , plundered , endangered , well-hammered , heckard , squandered , meandered , rightward , martyred , eldred , lily-livered , leard , suffered , short-tempered , pandered , yardbird , scabbard , white-livered , northeastward , grizzard , catchword , tattered , headword , bickford , oxford , stoddard , recaptured , acquired , wingard , transpired , hot-tempered , sunbird , trafford , biohazard , bechard , tapered , swearword , rudyard , warbird , bluebird , devoured , bimotored , well-heard , watered , ivory-towered , wollard , half-heard , acred , cultured , gerrymandered , tortured , lizard , unfettered , dormered , mustered , cowbird , trenchard , pillared , remembered , maggard , furred , misword , redbird , pictured , murdered , smothered , jack-spaniard , elmsford , countercolored , hayward , sigurd , wizard , leeward , bewildered , sternward , shorebird , hazard , withered , leisured , lustred , rufford , papered , thundered , prichard , inspired , wynyard , izard , snickered , cream-colored , bainerd , reword , custard , outnumbered , underpowered , pittard , lawford , petard , well-sugared , light-fingered , anchored , whitebeard , lustered , bedford , half-colored , unencumbered , branford , north-northwestward , shepard , heard , surfbird , clamored , unchartered , simmered , severed , sheward , brainerd , lanyard , hovered , well-ordered , powdered , armoured , wavered , lyford sifford , checkered , slurred , earthward , bellbird , blackbeard , recurred , flame-colored , stuard , battered , bartered , whirlybird , edward , stamford , waterford , high-colored , mastered , cityward , vennard , time-honored , ill-mannered , straw-colored , discolored , glittered , good-humored , even-tempered , winword , whichard , ruford , three-cornered , lillard , unlettered , half-timbered , flesh-colored , uninjured , mirrored , hindward , backward , well-labored , quick-tempered , registered , multilayered , scoured , coastward , alward , unhindered , vanward , northward , offered , southwestward , good-natured , swineherd , rockered , glandered , occurred prefered , westward , hampered , ballard , rocard , well-tailored , treasured , jerde , catbird , clifford , ovenbird , tailorbird , transferred uncured , buttered , laboured , buford , overpowered , west-northwestward , placard , starboard , chenard , rehired required , differed , chartered , square-shouldered , hartford , blackard , swanherd , mockingbird , forward , duford , pillard , reoffered , hard-favored , quartered , pritchard , plassard , fibered , tampered , laggard , cowherd , favoured , blizard , pondered , friarbird , fathered , harvard , brassard , fifty-third , niggard , unanswered , undeterred , parti-colored , savored , flustered , well-armored , buzzword , counterword , jiggered , shumard , cater-cornered , transfered , bufford , richard , blurred , seaford , half-covered , songbird , wandered , gird , tired , third , mumford , fired , password , conferred , hanford , bustard , brainard , perjured , hammered , buzzard , well-laboured , coward , hummingbird , dollard , collard , conjured , lepard , endeavored , overheard , favored , bickered , dufford , uncoloured , bailard , coffee-colored , sixty-third , kurd , sequestered , guilford , packard , stannard , manford sanford , catty-cornered , uncured , reckard , maynard , fingered , unhampered , purred , unstructured , blackbird , ill-natured , guttered , mitered , stanford , cloistered , interred , abelard , ill-favoured , coffered , varicolored , clustered , wickard , flickered , blanford , hansard , eckerd , hollered , fractured , ashford , curd , buffered , mccrickard , belabored , heavenward , leftward , kingsford , gifford , gas-fired , longbeard , splattered , homeward , bettered , byford , uncensored , desired , lennard , ordered , discovered , stradford , unstirred , pickford , measured , mallard , recovered , danford , high-powered , shepperd , ledford , configured , littered , stanard , dickered , thedford , angered , eduard , chicken-livered , reheard , deterred , awkward , lollard , glost-fired , lanford , ungird , haphazard , uncensured , arbored , sweet-tempered , armored , slaughtered , norward , byword , eastward , ferd , snakebird , heyward , concurred , begird , laundered , izzard , hansford , tow-colored , ransford , shoreward , ice-scoured , nerd , potsherd , leppard , answered , jailbird , straightforward , herd hird , wired , unexpired , uncultured , tedford , gerd , hundred(4) , kennard , weathered , antbird , leafbird , round-shouldered , shepherd , unheard , bransford , well-wired , unuttered , carry-forward , sheppard , considered , east-northeastward , enraptured , misremembered , embittered , dillard , centered , heward , daynard , szilard , lingered , waterward , vinyard , pestered , fendered , laggen-gird , neutered , coloured , leopard , bayard , muttered , unaltered , slandered , inward , body-centered , eppard , well-mannered , rust-colored , lenhard , man-tailored , entered , good-humoured , herd , undiscovered , landward , blundered , hillard , shattered spattered , occured , sheperd shepherd , ladybird , bewhiskered , gathered , hunkered , mofford , keyword , unnumbered , wayward , all-fired , untutored , glowered , stafford , pinard , orchard , willard , ikard , forty-third , butterfingered , inquired , baynard , scattered , unwithered , undelivered , manufactured , unregistered , flowered , villard willard , powered , good-tempered , hurd , byrd , crossword , absurd , inferred , kingbird , watchword , mannered , unsheltered , sired , southward , jaybird , reynard , festered , well-centered , motored