SOUTHWESTERS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

southwesters

noun

plural of southwester

as in northeasters

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Noun

The company has suffered from several high-profile legal blows this year that have resulted in multibillion-dollar penalties.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Ukraine and Russia trading energy infrastructure blows aren't helping the situation either.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of blows

Noun

These higher-than-usual high tides are supercharged by winds blowing onshore, pushing more seawater on land.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
The India Meteorological Department anticipates the storm could have sustained winds of 75 mph at that point, with gusts probably exceeding 100 to 110 mph near the storm’s core.

— Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of winds

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The tournament, while not officially sanctioned as an ATP event, features some of the top players in the world vying for millions of dollars and airs live on Netflix.

— Mark Osborne, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Dancing With the Stars airs Tuesday nights on ABC and is also available to stream on Disney+.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of airs

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New York’s summer weather has been a trial and a tribulation, intense heat — temperatures reached over 100 degrees in Central Park on the hottest day in July — alternating with gales and floods.

— Matthew Schneier, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2026
Our arrival in the Madawaska River country of eastern Ontario, near Combermere, was noteworthy only for the snow flurries and marrow-chilling gales that howled down from Hudson Bay to greet us.

— HARRY H. EDEL, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026

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