Windward

Adjective

 * 1) Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.
 * 2) On the side exposed to the wind.

Synonyms

 * upwind

Antonyms

 * leeward

Derived terms

 * Windward Islands

Adverb

 * 1) In a direction from which the wind blows, against the wind.
 * ''We beat our way windward.

Noun

 * 1) The direction from which the wind blows.
 * 2) *1840, Richard Henry Dana, Two Years before the Mast
 * A vessel has the weather gage of another when she is to windward of her. A weatherly ship is one that works well to windward, making but little leeway.
 * 1) The side receiving the wind's force.

Thesaurus
alee, anticlockwise, aweather, clockwise, counterclockwise, downwind, earthward, flanking, glancing, heavenward, homeward, landward, lateral, lee, leeward, leftward, next-beside, rightward, seaward, side, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, skirting, to leeward, to windward, upwind, weather, weather deck, weather helm, weather sheet, weather side, weather tack, weather wheel, weatherboard, weatherward, widdershins, windward ebb, windward flood

Adjective

 * Catalan: sobrevent
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 * Spanish: barlovento