adv toward the northwest.
2. northwest ·adj coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.
3. northwest ·noun the point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.
4. northwest ·adj pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.