South Definition
south
noun
The direction to the left of a person facing the sunset; direction of the South Pole from any other point on the earth's surface.
Webster's New World
The point on a compass at 180°, directly opposite north.
Webster's New World
A region or district in or toward this direction.
Webster's New World
The southern part of the earth, esp. the antarctic regions.
Webster's New World
The set of developing nations of the world, largely located to the south of the developed nations of the Northern Hemisphere.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- bible-belt
- sunbelt
- cotton belt
- territory south of the Mason-Dixon line
- the Deep South
- the New South
- Southern United States
- tropical region
- south-pole
- equatorial region
- dixieland
- dixie
- down-south
- tobacco states
- Pre-Civil War South
adjective
souther
In, of, to, toward, or facing the south.
Webster's New World
From the south.
A south wind.
Webster's New World
Designating the southern part of a continent, country, etc.
South Asia.
Webster's New World
Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
South highway 1
Wiktionary
Antonyms:
adverb
In or toward the south; in a southerly direction.
Webster's New World
Into a worse or inferior condition, as of decreased value.
A stock that went south shortly after he bought it.
American Heritage
Downward.
Wiktionary
In an adverse direction or trend.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- in the south
- to the south
- southwards
- southwardly
verb
To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
Wiktionary
(astronomy) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line.
The moon souths at nine.
Wiktionary
pronoun
The southern part of any region.
Wiktionary
(US) Those states which formed the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
Wiktionary
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to South
- go south
- south of
- the South
Origin of South
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From Middle English, from Old English sūþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþaz. Compare West Frisian súd, Dutch zuid, German Süd, Danish syd.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English sūth sāwel- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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