southward

Heading toward warmth

Southward means toward the south: The geese flew southward for the winter.

It works as both adverb and adjective: a southward migration, heading southward along the coast.

The noun refers to the southern direction or region: to the southward.

Southwards is a variant adverb form, more common in British English.

migration

birds

Egg-laying flying vertebrates

geesePlural of goose
monarchHereditary supreme ruler
whalesMassive marine mammals

caribou · wildebeest · salmon · swallows · storks · butterflies · seasonal · flyway · breeding · wintering

direction

heading

Directional course traveled

coursePlanned path forward
bearingPosture or orientation
trajectoryPath of moving object

route · toward · destination · advance · proceed · journey · travel · orientation · vector · pathway

navigation

compass

Device showing cardinal directions

magneticAttracting iron or attention
needlePointed implement for sewing
latitudeGeographic or personal freedom

longitude · meridian · bearing · azimuth · declination · cardinal · sextant · astrolabe · gyrocompass · cartography

exploration

expedition

Organized exploratory journey

voyageJourney by sea
discoveryAct of finding something
pioneerEarly explorer or settler

frontier · safari · quest · explorer · uncharted · trek · odyssey · settlement · wilderness · outback

Categories

directionsnorth, east, west, left, right
location wordshere, there, where, north, east
adverbs of direction/mannerforward, backward, sideways, upward, downward
Southdown, below, lower, bottom, downward
Downward directionsdown, below, beneath, under, underneath
polarNorth Pole, polar, polar region, polar regions, Arctic

Opposites

cardinal direction

southwardnorthward

Toward the top

north · northerly · northbound · poleward · up north

Phrases

southward migrationMovement toward the equator

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