southwestern C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities Also spelled south-western US /ˌsaʊθˈwɛstɚn/ UK /ˌsaʊθˈwɛstən/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj of, in, or toward the southwest Adobe architecture defines the southwestern landscape. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · of, in, or toward the... southwesterly ↔ Opposites northeastern Word family Derived forms southwesterner Related forms southwestsouthwesterlysouthwest Etymology AI details From southwest + -ern (as in western); southwest combines Old English sūþ ('south') and west ('west'). sūþ Old English west Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # southwestern **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌsaʊθˈwɛstɚn/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌsaʊθˈwɛstən/ ## Meanings 1. of, in, or toward the southwest ## Examples - Adobe architecture defines the southwestern landscape. ## Synonyms - southwesterly ## Antonyms - northeastern ## Derived Forms - southwesterner ## Related Forms - southwest - southwesterly - south - west ## Roots and Affixes - Root: sūþ - Root: west ## Etymology From southwest + -ern (as in western); southwest combines Old English sūþ ('south') and west ('west'). ## AI Etymology Southwestern comes from southwest + -ern (as in western); southwest combines Old English sūþ ('south') and west ('west'). The historical chain includes Old English sūþ and Old English west. The quoted older senses, "south" and "west", supply the semantic anchors for southwestern. The formation is best read as suffixal and borrowed: the word southwestern carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "of, in, or toward the southwest". English derivatives include southwesterner; related English forms include southwest, southwesterly, south, and west. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown