Headwind

Quick meaning: Headwind is a noun meaning (nautical, physics) A wind that blows directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship.

Meaning

(nautical, physics) A wind that blows directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship.

More Meanings

1. (transferred sense) A strong force that impedes or reverses progress.
2. (transitive, uncommon) To blow directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship.
3. (idiomatic, uncommon) To impede or reverse progress.

Example Sentences

At the same time, Faludi, who is working on a new book about the headwinds feminism is facing, suggested that the movement itself has grown sectarian and insular.

"Domestic economic activity has been gaining traction in spite of formidable headwinds from external developments," the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its monthly bulletin.

“The increasing appetite for obesity drugs will have myriad implications, boosting sectors such as biotech and creating headwinds for industries such as food and beverage,” the bank’s report said.

Word Forms

• headwinds
• headwinding
• headwinded

Antonyms for headwind

Common opposites include tailwind.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include winds, tailwind, tack, headway, wind, indraught.

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