prevailing wind prevailing westerly • prevailingly · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · prevailing wind · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 15 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) the predominant wind direction. Synonyms: prevailing wind. Example: "The prevailing wind is from the southwest." · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 g latin small letter g U+0067 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 v latin small letter v U+0076 w latin small letter w U+0077