south

/sˈaʊθ/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
2. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
3. the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
4. a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
5. the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point

adjective

1. situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south
   “the south entrance”

adverb

1. in a southern direction
   “we moved south”

Synonyms for south

• Confederacy
• Confederate States
• Confederate States of America
• Dixie
• Dixieland
• due south
• southward
• S
• southbound
• south-central
• southerly
• southernmost
• southeast
• southeasterly
• southeastward
• southwest
• southwesterly
• southwestward
• to the south
• in the south

Antonyms of south

• north

Words that rhyme with south

• mouth
• cottonmouth
• frogmouth
• amsouth
• bellsouth
• firstsouth
• healthsouth
• louth
• mclouth
• routh
• strouth