south
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 south
the south entrance
Related & opposite
- north antonym
- Confederacy attribute
- southward similar to
- south-central similar to
- southerly similar to
- southerly similar to
- southernmost similar to
- southeastern similar to
- southeast similar to
- southeastward similar to
- southwestern similar to
- southwest similar to
- southwestward similar to
Sense 2 adverb
in a southern direction
we moved south
Sense 3 noun
the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
Types & categories
- cardinal compass point hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
Types & categories
- location hypernym
Related & opposite
- southern attribute
Sense 5 noun
the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point
Types & categories
- direction hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | north |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | Confederacy |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | southward |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | south-central |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | southerly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | southerly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | southernmost |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | southeastern |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | southeast |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | southeastward |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | southwestern |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | southwest |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | southwestward |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cardinal compass point |
| 4 | attribute | Related & opposite | southern |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | location |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | direction |