south

Meanings

Plural: souths

Noun

• the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
• the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
• the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
• a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
• the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point
• The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.
• The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
• In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.
• The negative or south pole of a magnet

Adjective

• situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south
  • "the south entrance"

Adverb

• in a southern direction
  • "we moved south"

Adj

• Toward the south; southward.
• from the south.
• Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
• Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
• Designating, or situated in, the liturgical south.

Adv

• Toward the south; southward.
• Downward.
• In an adverse direction or trend. (Mostly in go south.)
• Of wind, from the south.

Verb

• To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
• To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line.

Synonyms

Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, due south, in the south, S, southward, to the south

Antonyms

north

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