Defenition of the word leeward

• Defenition of the word leeward

  • Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing.
  • the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
  • on the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of the island"
  • the direction in which the wind is blowing
  • toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward"
  • on the side away from the wind
  • toward the wind

Synonyms for the word leeward

• • lee
  • lee side
  • upwind

Similar words in the leeward

• • downwind
  • lee
  • lee(a)

Hyponyms for the word leeward

• • leeward side
  • to leeward

Hypernyms for the word leeward

• • direction
  • face
  • side

Antonyms for the word leeward

• • downwind
  • windward

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