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Noun (5 meanings)
1. the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line.
south is an instance of:
- geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region (noun) - a demarcated area of the Earth
types of south:
- Alabama, Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, AL (noun) - a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
instances of south:
- Old South (noun) - the South of the United States before the American Civil War
south is a part of:
- United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. (noun) - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean
members of south:
- Southerner (noun) - an American who lives in the South
parts of south:
- Carolina, Carolinas (noun) - the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina
- Deep South (noun) - the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana
- Georgia, Empire State of the South, Peach State, GA (noun) - a state in southeastern United States
- Gulf States (noun) - a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico
- Louisiana, Pelican State, LA (noun) - a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
- Maryland, Old Line State, Free State, MD (noun) - a Mid-Atlantic state
- Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS (noun) - a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico
- North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State, NC (noun) - a state in southeastern United States
- Piedmont (noun) - the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama
- South Carolina, Palmetto State, SC (noun) - a state in the Deep South
- Tennessee, Volunteer State, TN (noun) - a state in east central United States
- Tidewater, Tidewater region (noun) - the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia
- Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA (noun) - a state in the eastern United States
Attribute:
- southern (adjective) - in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
Member of this domain - REGION:
- Ku Klux Klan, Klan, KKK (noun) - a secret society of white Southerners in the United States
- hoecake (noun) - thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal
2. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.
Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland
south is an instance of:
- geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region (noun) - a demarcated area of the Earth
members of south:
- Alabama, Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, AL (noun) - a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
- Arkansas, Land of Opportunity, AR (noun) - a state in south central United States
- Florida, Sunshine State, Everglade State, FL (noun) - a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico
- Georgia, Empire State of the South, Peach State, GA (noun) - a state in southeastern United States
- Louisiana, Pelican State, LA (noun) - a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
- Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS (noun) - a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico
- Missouri, Show Me State, MO (noun) - a midwestern state in central United States
- North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State, NC (noun) - a state in southeastern United States
- South Carolina, Palmetto State, SC (noun) - a state in the Deep South
- Tennessee, Volunteer State, TN (noun) - a state in east central United States
- Texas, Lone-Star State, TX (noun) - the second largest state
- Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA (noun) - a state in the eastern United States
parts of south:
- slave state (noun) - any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War
Attribute:
south is a type of:
- cardinal compass point (noun) - one of the four main compass points
4. a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city.
5. the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point.
south is a type of:
- direction (noun) - the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
Adjective (1 meaning)
1. situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south.
Example:
- “the south entrance”
south is the opposite of:
- north (adjective) - situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
south is an attribute of:
- Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland (noun) - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
south is similar to:
- south-central (adjective) - situated in the southern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region
- southbound, southward (adjective) - moving toward the south
- southeast, southeastern, southeasterly (adjective) - situated in or oriented toward the southeast
- southeasterly, southeast (adjective) - coming from the southeast
- southeastward (adjective) - toward the southeast
- southerly, southern (adjective) - from the south
- southerly, southern (adjective) - situated in or oriented toward the south
- southernmost, southmost (adjective) - situated farthest south
- southwest, southwestern, southwesterly (adjective) - situated in or oriented toward the southwest
- southwesterly, southwest (adjective) - coming from the southwest
- southwestward (adjective) - toward the southwest
Adverb (1 meaning)
1. in a southern direction.
Example:
- “we moved south”