windward

Meanings

Adjective

• Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.
• On the side exposed to the wind.

Adverb

• In a direction from which the wind blows, against or towards the wind.

Noun

• The direction from which the wind blows.
• The side receiving the wind's force.

Related

Similar words

• upwind

Opposite words

• leeward

Origin

• wind + -ward