Synonyms for Southern
ˈsʌð ərnSouth·ern

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1. southernadjective

   Synonyms:
   meridional, austral

   Antonyms:
   northern, boreal, septentrional

2. southernadjective

   from or pertaining to the southern part of any region

   Synonyms:
   meridional, austral

   Antonyms:
   boreal, septentrional, northern

3. southernadjective

   Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States.

   The southern climate.

   Synonyms:
   austral, meridional

   Antonyms:
   northern, boreal, septentrional

4. southernadjective

   Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.

   Synonyms:
   austral, meridional

   Antonyms:
   boreal, septentrional, northern

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1. southernadjective

   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, southernadjective

   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. southernadjective

   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, southernadjective

   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. southernadjective

   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. Euan Graham:

   I think the U.S. is trying to get its allies to do more, there is an obvious symmetry between Japan as the upper anchor of the Western Pacific alliance and ... Australia as the southern anchor.

2. Abdul Rahman Hammoud:

   The kidnapping of the Qatari hunters dealt a painful blow to the reputation of all the southern areas of Iraq, we are a tribal community and Gulf hunters are our guests. After the abduction, not a single hunter from the Gulf is coming to Iraq anymore, fearing from being kidnapped. It will take a long time to repair the damage and convince Gulf hunters to resume their Iraq trips.

3. Attorney General Barr:

   Your statement also wrongly implies that your continued tenure in the office is necessary to ensure that cases now pending in the Southern District of New York are handled appropriately, this is obviously false.I fully expect that the office will continue to handle all cases in the normal course and pursuant to the Departments applicable standards, policies, and guidance.

4. The NHC:

   Development of this system is expected to be slow to occur while it moves west-southwestward at about 10 mph toward the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and approaches the coasts of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico during the next few days.

5. John Dalton:

   Drew Sexton's Drew Sexton, drew Sexton's been doing very well in motivating the grassroots and making sure that everyone's kind of involved and feels included in this election, whether you're from the southern border towns all the way up, from top and bottom.