Synonyms for south
Another word for south is south-central, southern or southeast. Below are 18 synonyms and 3 related words across 5 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: southed, souther, southing, souths.
1. adjective: situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south
- south-central
- southern synonyms
- southeast synonyms
- southwest synonyms
- southeastern synonyms
- southwestern synonyms
- southbound
- southward synonyms
- southerly
- southernmost
- southwesterly
- southeasterly
- southeastward
- southwestward
- southmost
Antonyms
2. noun: the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
- due south
- southward synonyms
3. noun: a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
4. noun: the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point
5. adverb: in a southern direction
- to the south
- in the south
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- cardinal compass point
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Questions people ask
What is another word for south?
You can say south-central, southern, southeast, southwest or southeastern instead of south. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south".
What is the opposite of south?
The opposite of south is north.
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