Word Study
southern
CIDE DICTIONARY
southern, a. [AS. s. See South.].
Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. [1913 Webster]
southern, n.
A Southerner. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
southern, adj. esp. Geog.
1 of or in the south; inhabiting the south.
2 lying or directed towards the south (at the southern end).
1 of or in the south; inhabiting the south.
2 lying or directed towards the south (at the southern end).
Idiom
Southern Cross a southern constellation in the shape of a cross. Southern hemisphere the half of the earth below the equator. southern lights the aurora australis. Southern States the States in the south, esp. the south-east, of the US.
Derivative
southernmost adj.
Etymology
OE sutherne (as SOUTH, -ERN)
THESAURUS
southern
antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, east, eastbound, easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, hyperborean, meridional, north, northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northerly, northern, northernmost, northwest, northwesterly, northwestern, occidental, oriental, south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southernmost, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, west, westbound, westerly, western, westernmostROGET THESAURUS
southern
Contraposition
N contraposition, opposition, polarity, inversion, opposite side, reverse, inverse, counterpart, antipodes, opposite poles, North and South, antonym, opposite (contrariety), opposite, reverse, inverse, converse, antipodal, subcontrary, fronting, facing, diametrically opposite, Northern, septentrional, Boreal, arctic, Southern, Austral, antarctic, over, over the way, over against, against, face to face, vis-a- vis, as poles asunder.For further exploring for "southern" in Webster Dictionary Online
