northern
adjective
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
Northern liberals
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
situated in or oriented toward the north
the northern suburbs
Related & opposite
- north similar to
Sense 3 adjective
coming from the north; used especially of wind
the north wind doth blow
Related & opposite
- northernness derivation
- north wind derivation
- north similar to
Sense 4 adjective
situated in or coming from regions of the north
the northern hemisphere
Related & opposite
- southern antonym
- north attribute
- circumboreal similar to
- north-central similar to
- septrional similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | southern |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | Union |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | North |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | blue |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | Union |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | Yankee |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | north |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | northernness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | north wind |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | north |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | southern |
| 4 | attribute | Related & opposite | north |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | circumboreal |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | north-central |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | septrional |