southern
Opposite of northern
Southern describes location, direction, or origin in the south: the southern tip of Florida, a southern route, southern cuisine.
It can characterize traits associated with southerly regions—in American usage, often evoking the former Confederate states and their culture: southern hospitality, southern drawl.
Wind described as southern blows from the south. (Capitalized Southern emphasizes regional identity.)
Containing much moisture
- subtropicalClimate near the tropics
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
- mildModerate in intensity
temperate · muggy · balmy · sweltering · heatwave · hurricane · thunderstorm · growing season
From that compass point
- southwesterlyFrom that diagonal compass point
- southeastIntercardinal compass point
- cardinalOf foremost importance
- bearingPosture or orientation
orientation · navigation · azimuth · meridian · latitude · longitude · hemisphere · equator
Southernmost continental landmass
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
- PatagoniaSouth America's southern tip
- pampasSouth American treeless plains
Cape Town · New Zealand · Andes · austral · Capricorn · Tierra del Fuego · Maori · Aboriginal
humid
Containing much moisture
- subtropicalClimate near the tropics
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
mild · temperate · muggy · balmy · sweltering · heatwave · hurricane · thunderstorm · growing season · hot
southeasterly
From that compass point
- southwesterlyFrom that diagonal compass point
- southeastIntercardinal compass point
- cardinalOf foremost importance
bearing · orientation · navigation · azimuth · meridian · latitude · longitude · hemisphere · equator
Antarctica
Southernmost continental landmass
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
- PatagoniaSouth America's southern tip
pampas · Cape Town · New Zealand · Andes · austral · Capricorn · Tierra del Fuego · Maori · Aboriginal · safari
- place adjectivescoastal, suburban, urban, rural, northern
- place descriptorsregional, local, remote, national, isolated
- spatial adjectivesupper, lower, inner, outer, front
- Southdown, below, lower, bottom, downward
- directionsnorth, east, west, left, right
- hemisphereshemisphere, Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere, left hemisphere
southernnorthern
Toward the top
northerly · north · Northern Hemisphere · boreal · north-facing
southernnorthern
Toward the top
Union · Yankee · blue · abolitionist · antislavery
- Southern OceanSea around Antarctica
- Southern rockBlues-meets-country guitar genre
- southern drawlLeisurely stretched regional accent
- southern foodCuisine from Dixie states
- Southern cookingRegional American culinary tradition
- Southern accentRegional speech pattern, American South
southerly, southeastern, southerner, southernmost, southernness, southernism, southern hemisphere, southernisms, southern lights