'Southern' definitions:
Definition of 'southern'
(from WordNet)
adjective
In or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "southern hospitality"; "southern cooking"; "southern plantations" [ant: northern]
adjective
Situated in or oriented toward the south; "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course" [syn: southerly, southern]
adjective
Situated in or coming from regions of the south; "the southern hemisphere"; "southern constellations" [ant: northern]
adjective
From the south; used especially of wind; "a hot southerly wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly" [syn: southerly, southern]
Definition of 'Southern'
From: GCIDE
- Southern \South"ern\ (?; 277), a. [AS. s[=u][eth]ern. See South.] Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. [1913 Webster]
- Southern Cross (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross.
- Southern Fish (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemisphere (Piscis Australis) containing the bright star Fomalhaut.
- Southern States (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Southern'
From: GCIDE
- Southern \South"ern\, n. A Southerner. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'southern'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- westernmost
Words containing 'Southern'
- Southerner,
- Southernly,
- southernism,
- southernness,
- Southern Cross,
- Southern Fish,
- Southern Pines,
- Southern Shops,
- Southern Shores,
- Southern States,
- Southern View,
- southern aster,
- southern baptist,
- southern beech,
- southern buckthorn,
- southern corn,
- southern cypress,
- southern dewberry,
- southern flounder,
- southern harebell,
- southern hemisphere,
- southern lights,
- southern magnolia,
- southern maidenhair,
- southern porgy,
- southern rhodesia,
- southern scup,
- southern spadefoot,
- southern spatterdock,
- southern tai,
- southern triangle,
- Southern Pines, NC,
- Southern Shops, SC,
- Southern Shores, NC,
- Southern View, IL,
- Southern army worm,
- southern arrow wood,
- southern baptist convention,
- southern beech fern,
- southern blue flag,
- southern bog lemming,
- southern cabbage butterfly,
- southern crab apple,
- southern flying squirrel,
- southern live oak,
- southern red cedar,
- southern red oak,
- southern white cedar,
- southern yellow pine,
- el nino southern oscillation