Synonyms for southwest
ˌsaʊθˈwɛst; Naut. ˌsaʊ-south·west

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1. southwest, sou'-west, southwestward, SWnoun

   the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees

   Synonyms:
   sou'-west, southwestward, southwestern United States

   Antonyms:
   north

2. Southwest, southwestern United Statesnoun

   the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado

   Synonyms:
   sou'-west, southwestward, southwestern United States

   Antonyms:
   north

3. southwestnoun

   the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point

   Synonyms:
   sou'-west, southwestward, southwestern United States

   Antonyms:
   north

4. southwestadjective

   a location in the southwestern part of a country, region, or city

   Synonyms:
   sou'-west, southwestward, southwestern United States

   Antonyms:
   north

5. southwesterly, southwestadjective

   coming from the southwest

   "the winds are southwesterly"

   Synonyms:
   southwestern, southwesterly

   Antonyms:
   north

6. southwest, southwestern, southwesterlyadverb

   situated in or oriented toward the southwest

   Synonyms:
   southwestern, southwesterly

   Antonyms:
   north

7. southwest, south-west, sou'westadverb

   to, toward, or in the southwest

   Synonyms:
   south-west, sou'west

   Antonyms:
   north

Matched Categories

1. • Compass Point
   • Direction

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1. List of paraphrases for "southwest":

   southwestern, south-west, south-western, sw, sud-ouest, southwesterly, west, s.w.

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1. Andy McIlvaine:

   The next thing you know, I'm talking to these five Southwest employees.

2. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly:

   I said it a lot back then, and I'm trying to do something about it now, that if there is -- when there is another terrorist attack in our country, if it comes from outside the country, up until 90 days ago, I wouldsay that that individual or individuals … get into the United States through the southwest border.

3. Daniel Swain:

   In a warming climate, the severity of droughts in places like the Southwest and California are being driven by increasing evaporative demand, essentially, the atmosphere is requiring more water as temperatures rise, so you’d actually need more precipitation than you used to have to balance that out — and we’re not necessarily seeing more precipitation than we used to.

4. Doug Kenney:

   Cortney Brand said. Denver Basin Water is exploring the feasibility of pumping water far under the city, into the massive Denver Basin aquifer system to keep it there until the next dry spell. As Denver Water Resource Engineer Bob Peters points out, in the already arid American West, Drought is always on the horizon. We only get 15 inches of rainfall a year here in Denver Basin, and most of Denver Water comes from the mountain snowpack. That mountain snowpack melts and runs downstream, supplying water for much of the nation including the parched Southwest. When the snowpack fails the effects reach far beyond the region according to Doug Kenney, Director of the Western Water Policy Center at University of Colorado Law School. The California drought has really illustrated to people why drought in the West is important. If you consume vegetables in winter, you're probably getting those from Southern California, so from farm products to general economic health, not only do these things resonate throughout the rest of the country but throughout the rest of the world. A secondary source of water comes from underground aquifers which nature filled over the course of millions of years, and which humans are draining at a massive rate. Even though the aquifer system under the city of Denver Basin covers an area the size of the Connecticut, Peters said, The Denver Basin ground water is non-renewable so if you pump that water it's gone. What we're talking about is taking our renewable water supplies and injecting them into the aquifer to keep the aquifer replenished. With core samples taken every 10 feet down, the bore holes being drilled beneath Denver Basin will provide geologic data about how well the various open bowls in the rock will hold water without losing any to seepage or cracks. Cities like Phoenix, Wichita and San Antonio are already banking water underground and because it doesn't have the same downsides as above-ground reservoirs the method will surely become more common. Reservoirs are really tough to build, politically and financially, Kenney said.

5. Tim Kaine:

   ( Southwest Virginia Sen.) Mark Warner and I started to talk to our Senate colleagues in early October saying,' We don't know how much this will help, but Virginia Sen. will help. So, let's try to do it.' And I'm not happy that I have some Senate colleagues who just dragged out the negotiations along.