Synonyms for Southern
ˈsʌð ərn

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1. southern(adj)

   in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

   "southern hospitality"; "southern cooking"; "southern plantations"

   Synonyms:
   southerly

   Antonyms:
   northern, Union, Federal, blue, north, north-central, boreal, circumboreal, Yankee, septrional

2. southerly, southern(adj)

   situated in or oriented toward the south

   "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course"

   Synonyms:
   southern, southerly

   Antonyms:
   blue, north, northern, Yankee, circumboreal, septrional, boreal, north-central, Union, Federal

3. southern(adj)

   situated in or coming from regions of the south

   "the southern hemisphere"; "southern constellations"

   Synonyms:
   southerly

   Antonyms:
   north, septrional, circumboreal, northern, boreal, Federal, north-central, blue, Union, Yankee

4. southerly, southern(adj)

   from the south; used especially of wind

   "a hot southerly wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly"

   Synonyms:
   southern, southerly

   Antonyms:
   northern, Yankee, blue, septrional, boreal, north, Union, circumboreal, north-central, Federal

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1. southern(adjective)

   Synonyms:
   meridional, austral

   Antonyms:
   septentrional, northern, boreal

2. southern(adjective)

   from or pertaining to the southern part of any region

   Synonyms:
   meridional, austral

   Antonyms:
   boreal, septentrional, northern

3. southern(adjective)

   from or pertaining to the South, the south-eastern states of the United States, or to the inhabitants or culture of that region.

   The southern climate.

   Synonyms:
   meridional, austral

   Antonyms:
   septentrional, boreal, northern

4. southern(adjective)

   Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.

   Synonyms:
   austral, meridional

   Antonyms:
   boreal, septentrional, northern

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1. southern(a.)

   Synonyms:
   southerly, south

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1. List of paraphrases for "southern":

   south, sud, austral, southerly, south-, nan, nanfang

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1. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson:

   At my headquarters, I'm pressing my staff continually to stay one step ahead of groups like ISIS, AQAP, Al-Shabaab, to stay one step ahead of the weather, to stay one step ahead of the cyberattacks we face, to stay once step ahead of what's happening on our southern border.

2. Florian Pappenberger:

   There are locations, mainly in Austria and southern Bavaria, where we haven't seen this level of snowfall ever before, or at least not to that extreme, it is unusual, you don't get very often people chipping the tops of their houses free of snow.

3. Chris Shepherd:

   I'm so honored that Dave chose Southern Smoke as his charity, now, more than ever, with indoor dining shut down in many parts of the country and temperatures dropping to prohibit outdoor dining, food and beverage industry employees are desperate.

4. Alessandro Rosina:

   In southern Europe, reciprocal help is an important value, for emotional and material reasons. Young people leave home later than their northern European contemporaries. They live close to their parents, so their parents can help with child-rearing and then they, in turn, take care of elderly parents. Because of COVID, this system is now in crisis.

5. Zaher Abu Hassan:

   In southern Aleppo, yes there is an operations room, but the goal is (to repeat it) on all the active fronts.

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