Synonyms for southern
ˈsʌð ərnsouth·ern

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1. southernadjective

   Synonyms:
   meridional, austral

   Antonyms:
   northern, boreal, septentrional

2. southernadjective

   from or pertaining to the southern part of any region

   Synonyms:
   meridional, austral

   Antonyms:
   boreal, septentrional, northern

3. southernadjective

   Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States.

   The southern climate.

   Synonyms:
   austral, meridional

   Antonyms:
   northern, boreal, septentrional

4. southernadjective

   Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly.

   Synonyms:
   austral, meridional

   Antonyms:
   boreal, septentrional, northern

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1. southernadjective

   in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

   "southern hospitality"; "southern cooking"; "southern plantations"

   Synonyms:
   southerly

   Antonyms:
   northern, Union, Federal, blue, north, north-central, boreal, circumboreal, Yankee, septrional

2. southerly, southernadjective

   situated in or oriented toward the south

   "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course"

   Synonyms:
   southerly

   Antonyms:
   blue, north, northern, Yankee, circumboreal, septrional, boreal, north-central, Union, Federal

3. southernadjective

   situated in or coming from regions of the south

   "the southern hemisphere"; "southern constellations"

   Synonyms:
   southerly

   Antonyms:
   north, septrional, circumboreal, northern, boreal, Federal, north-central, blue, Union, Yankee

4. southerly, southernadjective

   from the south; used especially of wind

   "a hot southerly wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly"

   Synonyms:
   southerly

   Antonyms:
   northern, Yankee, blue, septrional, boreal, north, Union, circumboreal, north-central, Federal

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1. southernadjective

   Synonyms:
   southerly, south

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1. List of paraphrases for "southern":

   south, sud, austral, southerly, south-, nan, nanfang

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1. Brett Thomson:

   Over the past month we have had numerous clients replying that they will be in touch after all the health scares are over, even if we explain how far southern Africa is from West Africa, it does not change their mind. Africa is seen as a country and hardly ever as a continent.

2. Manish Patel:

   Last year or last season -- really, in the past 18 months -- we have had no influenza activity in the United States and minimal activity globally in the Southern Hemisphere or the Northern Hemisphere. And this really has not happened before since we've had surveillance for influenza, the jury is still out on reasons why that hasn't happened.

3. Paul Chodas:

   The asteroid will be brightest while it moves through southern skies, amateur astronomers in the southern hemisphere and at low northern latitudes should be able to see this asteroid using moderate size telescopes with apertures of at least 8 inches in the nights leading up to closest approach, but they will probably need star charts to find it.

4. Tom Tiffany:

   Wisconsin should help where we can because every state is now a border state, having traveled to our southern border multiple times I have seen [President] Biden’s Border Crisis firsthand, it is past time to end this unprecedented invasion.

5. Joerg Mueller:

   The euro is, at the moment, good for our export economy, but we're worried about the southern euro countries. Italy is saddled with debt and France isn't much better.