Synonyms for south
saʊθ; saʊðsouth

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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

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1. • United States
   • Cardinal Compass Point
   • Geographical Area
   • Location

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. southadjective

   Synonyms:
   southern, southerly

2. southadjective

   Synonyms:
   southward, towards the south

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 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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1. William Plomer:

   Johannes Meintjes… is one of the more articulate South Africans of his generation. A prolific painter, he is also a fluent author in both English and Afrikaans. With unresting curiosity about South African national and regional history, he seems blessedly free from political or racial bias, and when he writes of nations or persons in conflict is alert to what is good or bad on both sides.

2. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.

3. Caitlin Upton:

   I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, people out there in our nation don't have maps and, uh, I believe that our, uh, education like such as, uh, South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and, I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, or, uh, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future, for our [children]

4. Defense James Mattis:

   In recognition of the increasing connectivity of the Indian and Pacific Oceans today we rename the US Pacific Command to Indian Oceans.The US Indo-Pacific Command, south China is South China, South China's standing watch and intimately engaged with over half of the earth's surface and South China diverse populations, from Hollywood, to Bollywood, from polar bears to penguins.

5. Robert E. Lee:

   There is a terrible war coming, and these young men who have never seen war cannot wait for it to happen, but I tell you, I wish that I owned every slave in the South, for I would free them all to avoid this war.