Dictionary 1. (n.) The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.2. (a.) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind. Thesaurus Dixieland Down East East East Coast Middle Atlantic Middle West New England North North Central region Northeast Northwest Pacific Northwest South Southeast Southwest Sunbelt West West Coast Yankeeland eastland northland the Coast westland wild West |