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Definition of South
1. Adverb. In a southern direction. "We moved south"
2. Adjective. Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south. "The south entrance"
Similar to: Southbound, Southward, South-central, Southerly, Southern, Southerly, Southern, Southernmost, Southmost, Southeast, Southeasterly, Southeastern, Southeast, Southeasterly, Southeastward, Southwest, Southwesterly, Southwestern, Southwest, Southwesterly, Southwestward
Antonyms: North
3. Noun. The region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line.
Generic synonyms: Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region
Group relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Terms within: Gulf States, Deep South, Tidewater, Tidewater Region, Piedmont, Carolina, Carolinas, Empire State Of The South, Ga, Georgia, Peach State, La, Louisiana, Pelican State, Free State, Maryland, Md, Old Line State, Magnolia State, Mississippi, Ms, Nc, North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State, Palmetto State, Sc, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tn, Volunteer State, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, Va, Virginia
Specialized synonyms: Old South
Specialized synonyms: Al, Alabama, Camellia State, Heart Of Dixie
Member holonyms: Southerner
Attributes: Southern
4. Noun. The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
Generic synonyms: Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region
Terms within: Slave State
Member holonyms: Al, Alabama, Camellia State, Heart Of Dixie, Ar, Arkansas, Land Of Opportunity, Everglade State, Fl, Florida, Sunshine State, Empire State Of The South, Ga, Georgia, Peach State, La, Louisiana, Pelican State, Magnolia State, Mississippi, Ms, Missouri, Mo, Show Me State, Nc, North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State, Palmetto State, Sc, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tn, Volunteer State, Lone-star State, Texas, Tx, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, Va, Virginia
Attributes: Southern
5. Noun. The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees.
6. Noun. A location in the southern part of a country, region, or city.
7. Noun. The direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point.
Definition of South
1. n. That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.
2. a. Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole.
3. adv. Toward the south; southward.
4. v. i. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
Definition of South
1. Proper noun. (American English) Those states which formed the Confederacy during the American Civil War. ¹
2. Proper noun. (American English) The south-eastern states of the United States, including more or less the same states as formed the Confederacy. ¹
3. Proper noun. The southern part of any region. ¹
4. Noun. One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map. ¹
5. Adjective. Toward the south; southward. ¹
6. Adjective. (meteorology) Of wind, from the south. ¹
7. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the south; southern. ¹
8. Adjective. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic. ¹
9. Adverb. Toward the south; southward. ¹
10. Adverb. Downward. ¹
11. Adverb. In an adverse direction or trend. ¹
12. Adverb. (meteorology) Of wind, from the south. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of South
1. to move toward the south (a cardinal point of the compass) [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of South
1.
Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole. "At the south entry.
Lexicographical Neighbors of South
Literary usage of South
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1881)
"Strictly speaking, of course, the term " Temperate South Africa " would be taken
... Thence the boundary of the temperate region trends in a south-easterly ..."
2. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1910)
"OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS THE South AFRICA ACT,. [9 Edw. 7. Ch. 9.] Whereas it is
desirable for the welfare and future progress of South Africa that the several ..."
3. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin (1878)
"In the southern hemisphere, if we compare large tracts of land in Australia,
South Africa, and western South America, between luti- ludos 25° and 35°, ..."
4. A History of Transportation in the Eastern Cotton Belt to 1860 by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (1908)
"INTRODUCTION TRANSPORTATION IN THE ANTE-BELLVM South: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS1 AN EVER
since the resort to tobacco culture at Jamestown and to rice in Carolina, ..."
5. A History of the Australasian Colonies: (from Their Foundation in the Year 1893) by Edward Jenks (1896)
"CHAPTER I. DISCOVERIES IN THE South SEAS. THE first duty qf an. author who . ...
which itself lies due south of the south-eastern coast of Australia, ..."
6. Africa by Augustus Henry Keane (1904)
"... are clearly separated by a great volcanic fault, whose main axis runs for
about a thousand miles in the direction from south-west to north-east. ..."
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