northward

Examples

• All

• Females from populations in New Jersey and northward have never been observed to bite and may produce repeated batches of eggs without blood feeding.

  Academic text (1992)

• - Northward, facing the lake.

  Milarepa (2025)

• It hopes to expand its client base of roughly 3,000 northwards through word of mouth from satisfied customers.

  Blog text (22)

• The peak northward migration is during September and October (Mate, 1973; NMFS, 1997a).

  Academic text (2000)

• The northward-flowing Nile makes a great bend here, twisting west and then south before straightening on its way into Egypt.

  Academic text (2006)

• Brigadier-General Augustine Prvost met him with an army that he marched north along the coast from St. Augustine, and the two began planning operations to the northward.

  Academic text (2014)

• In Washington, the peak northward migration occurs in December, and the peak southward migration is in March/April (NMFS, 1997a).

  Academic text (2000)

• We traveled northward, hoping to reach the mountains before nightfall.

• The river flows northward through the valley, providing water to the surrounding areas.

• Looking at the map, I realized we needed to head northward to get to the nearest town.

Synonyms

N

north

vsnorthward

209 1.0

The direction on a compass at the top of most maps

is about heading toward the compass point rather than the label

N

N

vsnorthward

30 1.0

The direction on a compass that points toward the North Pole

refers to movement or direction toward that compass point

D

due north

vsnorthward

9 2.9

The direction on a compass that points exactly to the North Pole

is the general compass direction toward that pole rather than exact bearing

Antonyms

S

south

81 1.0

On the bottom side of a map or building

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology