northward UK /ˈnɔːθwəd/US /ˈnɔɹθwɚd/adjective 1adverb 1noun 1forms 2 adjective1 •Situated or directed towards the north; moving or facing towards the north. adverb1 •Towards the north; in a northerly direction.[T]he trees blew stedfastly one way, never writhing round, and scarcely tossing back their boughs once in an hour; so continuous was the strain bending their branchy heads northward— […] — 1847 noun1 •The direction or area lying to the north of a place. formsmore northward · most northward