Synonyms of the word

downwind

• adv. in the same direction as the wind is blowing.
• adv. (+ from) positioned relative to something in such a way that it can be smelled in the wind.

lee

• n. (sailing) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
• n. (sailing) The side of the ship away from the wind.
• n. A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from…
• n. (obsolete) lees; dregs.

leeward

• adj. On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.
• adv. Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing. Downwind.

windward

• adj. Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.
• adj. On the side exposed to the wind.
• adv. In a direction from which the wind blows, against or towards the wind.
• n. The direction from which the wind blows.
• n. The side receiving the wind's force.