Overview of noun south

The noun south has 5 senses

• South -- (the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line)


• Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland -- (the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861)


• south, due south, southward, S -- (the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees)


• south -- (a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city)


• south -- (the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point)

Overview of adj south

The adj south has 1 sense

• south -- (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south; "the south entrance")

Overview of adv south

The adv south has 1 sense

• south, to the south, in the south -- (in a southern direction; "we moved south")