Antonyms for south
saʊθ; saʊðsouth

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1. • United States
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   • Geographical Area
   • Location

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1. Southnoun

   the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

   Antonyms:
   northwestward, northerly, northeast, northwestern, northwesterly, northbound, northeasterly, northern, northernmost, northeastern, north-central, northwest, northward, north, northmost, northeastward

   Synonyms:
   southward, due south

2. Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixielandnoun

   the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

   Antonyms:
   northern, northwest, northwesterly, northbound, northeasterly, northerly, northwestward, northeast, north, northwestern, northeastward, northeastern, northernmost, northward, north-central, northmost

   Synonyms:
   conspiracy, federation, confederation, southward, due south

3. south, due south, southward, Snoun

   the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees

   Antonyms:
   northern, north, northeasterly, northeastward, northwesterly, northernmost, northerly, northbound, northwestern, northwestward, northeastern, northeast, northmost, northward, northwest, north-central

   Synonyms:
   due south, entropy, southward, sec, reciprocal ohm, second, siemens, sulfur, atomic number 16, randomness, sulphur, mho

4. southnoun

   a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city

   Antonyms:
   northward, northerly, northeastward, northwest, north, northmost, northeastern, northernmost, northeast, northwesterly, northbound, northwestward, northwestern, northeasterly, northern, north-central

   Synonyms:
   southward, due south

5. southadjective

   the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point

   Antonyms:
   northeast, northmost, northwesterly, north-central, northeastern, northernmost, northbound, northwestward, northeasterly, northward, northern, northwest, northeastward, northwestern, northerly, north

   Synonyms:
   southward, due south

6. southadverb

   situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south

   "the south entrance"

   Antonyms:
   north, northward, northeasterly, northerly, northernmost, northern, northeastward, northbound, northwestward, northeast, northwest, northeastern, northmost, northwestern, northwesterly, north-central

7. south, to the south, in the southadverb

   in a southern direction

   "we moved south"

   Antonyms:
   northerly, northern, northeasterly, northwesterly, north-central, northwest, northwestward, northeastward, northward, northernmost, north, northbound, northwestern, northeastern, northeast, northmost

   Synonyms:
   in the south, to the south

How to use south in a sentence?

1. Miss Mandy:

   This is the kind of thing that makes me proud to be from the South, we are getting tired of being told to sit down and shut up. People are ready to fight back.

2. Wes Climer:

   Nikki and Tim have a lot of friends all across the state and for very good reasons. Nikki was an absolutely fantastic governor. Tim is an absolutely outstanding senator. And I think a lot of folks in South Carolina are anxious to see what either or both of them decide with regard to a presidential decision.

3. Mewa Ramgobin:

   For us in South Africa, we have a kind of responsibility not to extol the virtues of Gandhi, but to find out whether we can use those values to transform our country.

4. Henry McMaster:

   I campaigned with him all over South Carolina. In fact, they tell me I was the first elected official in the country to endorse him, we see things alike, and I think he’s a great man.

5. Brad Todd:

   I think the most important consequence is that key South Carolina organizers now have no excuse to sit on the sidelines. Plenty were demurring out of respect to Lindsey and now they can fully engage, it's a shame the debate structure never let Lindsey have his real shot.

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