Southern

What do we mean by southern?

Situated in, toward, or facing the south. adjective

Coming from the south. adjective

Native to or growing in the south. adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of southern regions or the South. adjective

Being south of the equator. adjective

Of or pertaining to the south, or a region, place, or point which is nearer the south than some other region, place, or point indicated; situated in the south; specifically, in the United States, belonging to those States or that part of the Union called the South (see south, n., 3). Abbreviated S.

Directed or leading toward the south or a point near it: as, to steer a southern course.

Coming from the south; southerly: as, a southern breeze.

A native or an inhabitant of the south, of a southern country, or of the southern part of a country. Compare southron. noun

Same as south, 1, or souther.

A Southerner. noun

Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. adjective

A constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. adjective

A constelation of the southern hemisphere (Piscis Australis) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. adjective

The States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States. adjective

Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south. adjective

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

Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly. adjective

Situated in or oriented toward the south adjective

From the south; used especially of wind adjective

Someone from one of the states which seceded in 1861 and briefly formed the Confederate States of America, or, more broadly, from some neighboring states as well (but excluding geographically-southerly states like Arizona); compare the South.

Words that are spelled similarly to southern:
southern, souther, sothern, southers, northern, soother, southerly, souter, luthern, southey, mouther, southend, southron, so there, suther, southard, southed, outher, soothers, souters, couther, youthen, southren, mouthers, cothern, so then, soutien.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word southern:
hemisphere, terminus, tip, wingspan, slopes, california, sudan, baptist, methodist, boundary, suburbs, peninsula, northern, railroad, portion, southwestern, africa, border, edge, southeastern, bulgaria, shore, nevada, pacific, connects, lebanon, mississippi, mountains, gospel, ocean, lies, chile.

Words that rhyme with southern:
cothern.

Adjectives that are often used to describe southern:
other, many, old, northern, pro, atlanta, more, central, most, great, white, peculiarly, western, several, non, ute, inter, anti, birmingham, rural, republican, recent, mid, eastern, much, peer, all, deep, late, true, extreme, traditional, pure, standard, typical, conservative, least, washington, gallant, phoenix, genomic, endemic, aberdeen, california, range, uniquely, part, prim, soft, 5107, fourth, coastal, wealthy, admirable, pacific, england, thin, indigenous, 317-420, larwin, east, rival, distribution.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective southern:
states, part, california, end, africa, coast, hemisphere, italy, europe, side, france, england, half, boundary, parts, provinces, portion, region, tip, border, shore, whites, cities, edge, extremity, china, colonies, india, regions, countries, counties, germany, women, mexico, bank, leaders, slopes, blacks, asia, limit, russia, section, democrats, city, frontier, slope, districts, ports, route, arizona, flank, army, florida, spain, accent, illinois, wall, town, shores, continent, mountains, ontario, province, tribes, plains, brazil, lebanon, sea, sudan, district, politics, planters, canada, islands, writers, gentleman, sky, zone, towns, margin, sweden, latitudes, australia, county.

Consonant match to southern:
seethe in, soothe in.

Words that sound like southern:
southern, sothern, suffern, souther, southerner, suther, cythera, secern, cither, sithen, sojourn, soother, seether, see-through, see through, sorn, c3, sather, sarn, southers, isotherm, southren, so then, saw through, hathorne, severn, scything, summer, suffer, sudden, scorn, summon, sworn, summary, sedan, sumer, summery, sommer, somer, saman, summar, suborn, summen, sommar, suffr, sadr, sun, son, saturn, soothing, stern, salon, smother, sullen, seething, sunburn, celine, saline, sson, selene, sunray, sunn, zither, cern, sun burn, southerners, sorm, stearn, southerly, stirn, sucher, sern, sterne, sarm, sauterne, southing, soothers, scission, crn, sawan, southam, seler, seaborn, saturne, southern tai, suchan, sthene, cerne, southernly, sutherlin, sun ray, sun-ray, scrn, scern, sun run, cifer, cidre, cawthorne, cidr, cathern.