north
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
artists like north light
Related & opposite
- south antonym
- north attribute
- northward similar to
- north-central similar to
- northerly similar to
- northerly similar to
- northernmost similar to
- northeast similar to
- northeasterly similar to
- northeastward similar to
- northwest similar to
- northwesterly similar to
- northwestward similar to
Sense 2 adverb
in a northern direction
they earn more up north
Related & opposite
- northerly derived from
Sense 3 noun
the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
Types & categories
- cardinal compass point hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city
Types & categories
- location hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point
Types & categories
- direction hypernym
Sense 6 noun
the direction in which a compass needle points
Types & categories
- direction hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | south |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | north |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | northward |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | north-central |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | northerly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | northerly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | northernmost |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | northeast |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | northeasterly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | northeastward |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | northwest |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | northwesterly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | northwestward |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | northerly |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cardinal compass point |
| 4 | attribute | Related & opposite | north |
| 4 | attribute | Related & opposite | northern |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | location |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | direction |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | direction |