NORTH
Dictionary entry overview: What does North mean?
• NORTH (noun)
The noun NORTH has 6 senses:
1. the region of the United States lying north of the Mason-Dixon line
2. the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
3. the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
4. any region lying in or toward the north
5. the direction in which a compass needle points
6. British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
Familiarity information: NORTH used as a noun is common.
• NORTH (adjective)
The adjective NORTH has 1 sense:
1. situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
Familiarity information: NORTH used as an adjective is very rare.
• NORTH (adverb)
The adverb NORTH has 1 sense:
1. in a northern direction
Familiarity information: NORTH used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NORTH (noun)
Meaning:
The region of the United States lying north of the Mason-Dixon line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (members of "North"):
Northerner; Yank; Yankee (an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War))
Attribute:
northern (in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line)
Holonyms ("North" is a part of...):
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Meaning:
The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
North; Union
Context examples:
he has visited every state in the Union / Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union / the North's superior resources turned the scale
Instance hypernyms:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Meronyms (parts of "North"):
free state (any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War)
Attribute:
northern (in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Meaning:
The cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
due north; northward; north; N
Hypernyms ("north" is a kind of...):
cardinal compass point (one of the four main compass points)
Meaning:
Any region lying in or toward the north
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
northland; Septentrion; North
Hypernyms ("North" is a kind of...):
region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)
Attribute:
north (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north)
northern (situated in or coming from regions of the north)
Meaning:
The direction in which a compass needle points
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
compass north; magnetic north; north
Hypernyms ("north" is a kind of...):
direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves)
Meaning:
British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Frederick North; Second Earl of Guilford; North
Instance hypernyms:
national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)
• NORTH (adjective)
Meaning:
Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
Context examples:
artists like north light / the north portico
Similar:
northwestward (toward the northwest)
northwest; northwesterly (coming from the northwest)
northwest; northwesterly; northwestern (situated in or oriented toward the northwest)
northeastward (toward the northeast)
northeast; northeasterly (coming from the northeast)
northeast; northeasterly; northeastern (situated in or oriented toward the northeast)
northernmost; northmost (situated farthest north)
northerly; northern (situated in or oriented toward the north)
northerly; northern (coming from the north; used especially of wind)
north-central (situated in the northern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region)
northbound; northward (moving toward the north)
Attribute:
North; northland; Septentrion (any region lying in or toward the north)
Antonym:
south (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south)
• NORTH (adverb)
Meaning:
In a northern direction
Synonyms:
northwards; northward; northerly; north; in the north; to the north
Context examples:
they earn more up north / Let's go north!
