English

Adverb

downwind ‎(comparative more downwind, superlative most downwind)

1. in the same direction as the wind is blowing
   • 1888: Rudyard Kipling, Plain Tales from the Hills

     ... the aftermath of the dust-storm came up and caught us both, and drove us downwind like pieces of paper.

2. (+ from) positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind

   • I don't want to live downwind from a pig farm.

Translations

Synonyms

• leeward

Antonyms

• upwind
• windward

Anagrams

• wind down