The ship struck northward.
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Northward
/ˈnɔɹθwɚd/
Synonyms for "northward" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
due north
Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
Adjective(5 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
7 entriescardinal compass pointdirectional adverbdirectional attributedirectional changegeographic shiftspatial adverbspatial relation
More specific
12 entrieslatitudinal shiftnorthern expansionnorthward currentnorthward driftnorthward expansionnorthward migrationnorthward movementnorthward tendencynorthward windpoleward expansionpoleward migrationpoleward shift
Collocations
7 entriesnorthward driftnorthward expansionnorthward migrationnorthward movementnorthward routenorthward trajectorynorthward wind
Inflections
2 entriesmore northwardmost northward
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The ship continued northward.
Source: tatoeba (2982272)
Winter storms have increased in frequency and intensity since the 1950s, and their tracks have shifted northward over the United States.
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Scientists have satellites along with observations from international spacecraft to conduct a wide range of research, from detecting northward expansion of forests in the Arctic to monitoring how burned areas recover from wildfires.
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