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Synonyms for upwind
ˈʌpˈwɪndup·wind

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  1. upwindadverb

    Antonyms:
    downwind

  2. upwindadverb

    exposed to the wind

    Antonyms:
    downwind

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. upwind, weather(a)adverb

    towards the side exposed to wind

    Antonyms:
    leeward, downwind, windward

  2. leeward, upwindadverb

    toward the wind

    "they were sailing leeward"

    Synonyms:
    leeward, against the wind, into the wind

    Antonyms:
    leeward, downwind, windward

  3. upwind, against the wind, into the windadverb

    in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing

    "they flew upwind"

    Synonyms:
    leeward, against the wind, into the wind

    Antonyms:
    leeward, downwind, windward

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "upwind":

    downwind, upstream, windward

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#10841upstream
#36673windward
#48114leeward
#52806downwind
#66118upwind

How to use upwind in a sentence?

  1. Van Hook:

    Allow the adults to be the ones to set off the fireworks and stay upwind from it so that the smoke is blowing in the breeze.

  2. Ian Faloona:

    What's happening upwind strongly affects what's happening downwind.

  3. John Walke:

    The EPA is allowing more harmful air pollution to be sent from big polluters in one state to neighboring states, refusing to control the pollution, then lying about what is an obvious rollback, the EPA's absurd to pretend this so-called' guidance' doesn't change what's acceptable : the purpose of the rollback memo is to let upwind states pollute more and refuse to control harmful smog and soot they emit into neighboring states.

  4. The EPA:

    This is about fairness; some states have done all they can do to control ozone pollution and their counterparts that are upwind are being asked to do the same.

  5. Greg Mayer:

    The 'aha' moment came when we saw how much more prevalent resistant sequences were downwind than upwind, it was not just higher in some of them—it was 4,000 percent more. It made me not want to breathe.

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