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Synonyms for south
saʊθ; saʊðsouth

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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. Southnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    southward, due south

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

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

    the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

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

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

  3. south, due south, southward, Snoun

    the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees

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

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

  4. southnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    southward, due south

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

  5. southadjective

    the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point

    Synonyms:
    southward, due south

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

  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"

    Synonyms:
    in the south, to the south

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. southadjective

    Synonyms:
    southern, southerly

  2. southadjective

    Synonyms:
    southward, towards the south

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "south":

    southern, sud, zuid, south-, southerly, nan, southward, nam, syd, on, nanfang, nam-il, s., south-south

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How to use south in a sentence?

  1. Keith Pitt:

    Coal consumption throughout Asia is forecast by the International Energy Agency to grow over the next decade to meet the energy demands of countries like China, India and South Korea, australia has an important role to play in meeting that demand. Coal will continue to generate billions of dollars in royalties and taxes for state and federal governments, and directly employ over 50,000 Australians.

  2. Michael Green:

    There's nothing that indicates that, the steps the North and South agreed on are pretty symbolic.

  3. World Bank:

    As advanced economies struggle to gain traction, most economies in South and East Asia are growing solidly, as are commodity-importing emerging economies around the world.

  4. El Moussa:

    He reached out to me after the event and we got to know each other and he took me on a ride along in South Central L.A., [Bryan] gets in the car and he’s in a bulletproof vest and gun and I’m sitting there in jeans and a T-shirt thinking, huh. I was like ‘Hey what if they shoot at the car?’ He says that the doors are bulletproof. I said, ‘Well, what about the windows?’ He said, ‘duck.’.

  5. Caching Louise Jandura:

    The hardware performed as commanded but the rock did not cooperate this time. It reminds me yet again of the nature of exploration. A specific result is never guaranteed no matter how much you prepare, despite this result, science and engineering have progressed. We achieved the first complete autonomous sequence of our sampling system on Mars within the time constraints of a single Sol. This bodes well for the pace of our remaining science campaign. We are looking forward to the next sampling attempt in South Seitah, anticipated in early September.


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