SOUTH
Dictionary entry overview: What does South mean?
• SOUTH (noun)
The noun SOUTH has 4 senses:
1. the region of the United States lying south of the Mason-Dixon line
2. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
3. the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
4. any region lying in or toward the south
Familiarity information: SOUTH used as a noun is uncommon.
• SOUTH (adjective)
The adjective SOUTH has 1 sense:
1. situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south
Familiarity information: SOUTH used as an adjective is very rare.
• SOUTH (adverb)
The adverb SOUTH has 1 sense:
1. in a southern direction
Familiarity information: SOUTH used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SOUTH (noun)
Meaning:
The region of the United States lying south 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 (parts of "South"):
Gulf States (a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas)
Deep South (the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery)
Tidewater; Tidewater region (the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia)
Piedmont (the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama)
Carolina (the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina)
Meronyms (members of "South"):
Southerner (an American who lives in the South)
Attribute:
southern (in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line)
Domain member region:
KKK; Klan; Ku Klux Klan (a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people)
hoecake (thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern))
Instance hyponyms:
Old South (the South of the United States before the American Civil War)
Holonyms ("South" 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 southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Confederacy; Confederate States; Confederate States of America; Dixie; Dixieland; South
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "South"):
slave state (any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War)
Meronyms (members of "South"):
NC; North Carolina; Old North State; Tar Heel State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies)
Palmetto State; SC; South Carolina (a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies)
Tennessee; TN; Volunteer State (a state in east central United States)
Lone-Star State; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)
Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)
Missouri; MO; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)
Magnolia State; Mississippi; MS (a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War)
LA; Louisiana; Pelican State (a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
Empire State of the South; GA; Georgia; Peach State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
Everglade State; FL; Florida; Sunshine State (a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
AR; Arkansas; Land of Opportunity (a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
AL; Alabama; Camellia State; Heart of Dixie (a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
Attribute:
south (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south)
southern (in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line)
Meaning:
The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
due south; southward; S; south
Hypernyms ("south" is a kind of...):
cardinal compass point (one of the four main compass points)
Meaning:
Any region lying in or toward the south
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
southland; South
Hypernyms ("South" is a kind of...):
region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)
Attribute:
southern (situated in or coming from regions of the south)
• SOUTH (adjective)
Meaning:
Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south
Context example:
the south entrance
Similar:
southwest; southwesterly (coming from the southwest)
southwest; southwesterly; southwestern (situated in or oriented toward the southwest)
southeastward (toward the southeast)
southeast; southeasterly (coming from the southeast)
southeast; southeasterly; southeastern (situated in or oriented toward the southeast)
southernmost; southmost (situated farthest south)
southerly; southern (situated in or oriented toward the south)
southerly; southern (from the south; used especially of wind)
south-central (situated in the southern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region)
southbound; southward (moving toward the south)
southwestward (toward the southwest)
Attribute:
Confederacy; Confederate States; Confederate States of America; Dixie; Dixieland; South (the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861)
Antonym:
north (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north)
• SOUTH (adverb)
Meaning:
In a southern direction
Synonyms:
in the south; south; to the south
Context example:
we moved south
