The road tends to the south at the next village.
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South
//saʊθ//
Synonyms for "south" (93 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (46)
Adverb(1 words)
Proper Noun(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
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3 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
521 entriesShowing 16 of 521 words.
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2 entrieshas context
3 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
6 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Translations
370 translations across 183 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- suide name (The southern part of any region)
- suid noun (compass point)
Ainu
1 entries- ヘパシ noun (compass point)
Akkadian
1 entries- šūtum noun (compass point)
Albanian
1 entries- jug noun (compass point)
Amharic
1 entries- ደቡብ noun (compass point)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- νότος noun (compass point)
Arabic
3 entries- جنوب noun (compass point)
- جَنوب noun (compass point)
- جَنُوب noun (compass point)
Aragonese
1 entries- sur noun (compass point)
Aramaic
2 entries- תימנא noun (compass point)
- ܬܝܡܢܐ noun (compass point)
Armenian
2 entries- հարավային adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- հարավ noun (compass point)
Aromanian
2 entries- Sud noun (compass point)
- sud noun (compass point)
Assamese
1 entries- দক্ষিণ noun (compass point)
Asturian
1 entries- sur noun (compass point)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- cənubi adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- güney adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- cənub noun (compass point)
Bashkir
1 entries- көньяҡ noun (compass point)
Basque
2 entries- hego noun (compass point)
- hegoalde noun (compass point)
Belarusian
2 entries- паўднёвы adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- по́ўдзень noun (compass point)
Bengali
1 entries- দক্ষিণ noun (compass point)
Bikol Central
1 entries- habagat noun (compass point)
Brahui
1 entries- soelí noun (compass point)
Breton
4 entries- kreisteiz adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- su adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- kreisteiz noun (compass point)
- su noun (compass point)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ю́жен adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- южен adj (meteorology, of wind: from the south)
- but see отивам на кино adv (in an adverse direction or trend)
- на юг adv (towards the south)
Burmese
2 entries- တောင် noun (compass point)
- ဒက္ခိဏ noun (compass point)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- юг noun (compass point)
Catalan
3 entries- migdia noun (compass point)
- migjorn noun (compass point)
- sud noun (compass point)
Cebuano
1 entries- habagatan noun (compass point)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- باشوور noun (compass point)
Central Melanau
1 entries- selaten noun (compass point)
Chechen
1 entries- къилбе noun (compass point)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏧᎦᏃᏮᎢ noun (compass point)
Chinese
4 entries- 南 adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- нан noun (compass point)
- нанфон noun (compass point)
- 南 noun (compass point)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 南 adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- 南 noun (compass point)
- 南方 noun (compass point)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 南 adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- 全球南方 name (The Global South)
- 南 name (The southern part of any region)
- 南 noun (compass point)
Chukchi
1 entries- айвалыӈӄал noun (compass point)
Church Slavic
2 entries- югъ noun (compass point)
- ⱓⰳⱏ noun (compass point)
Chuvash
1 entries- кӑнтӑр noun (compass point)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲣⲏⲥ noun (compass point)
Cornish
2 entries- dyghowbarth noun (compass point)
- soth noun (compass point)
Corsican
1 entries- meziornu noun (compass point)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- cenüp noun (compass point)
- qıbla noun (compass point)
Czech
3 entries- jižní adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- jih noun (compass point)
- poledne noun (compass point)
Danish
4 entries- syd adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- sydlig adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- syd adv (of wind: from the south)
- sydover adv (towards the south)
Dari
2 entries- جَنُوب noun (compass point)
- نِیمْروز noun (compass point)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ދެކުނު noun (compass point)
Dhuwal
1 entries- dhalathaŋ noun (compass point)
Dutch
4 entries- zuid adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- zuidelijk adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- Zuiden name (The Global South)
- zuiden name (The southern part of any region)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 南 noun (compass point)
Egyptian
1 entries- rsw noun (compass point)
Esperanto
2 entries- suda adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- sudo noun (compass point)
Estonian
3 entries- lõunas adv (towards the south)
- metsa adv (in an adverse direction or trend)
- lõuna noun (compass point)
Farefare
1 entries- gɔbga bɔba noun (compass point)
Faroese
1 entries- suður noun (compass point)
Finnish
4 entries- eteläinen adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- etelä adv (of wind: from the south)
- eteläinen adv (of wind: from the south)
- etelään adv (towards the south)
French
4 entries- austral adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- méridional adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- sud adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- midi noun (compass point)
Friulian
1 entries- sud noun (compass point)
Galician
4 entries- austral adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- austrino adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- ao sur adv (towards the south)
- bercía adv (of wind: from the south)
Gan Chinese
1 entries- 南 noun (compass point)
Georgian
1 entries- სამხრეთი noun (compass point)
German
4 entries- süd adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- südlich adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- auf dem absteigen Ast adv (in an adverse direction or trend)
- den Bach runter adv (in an adverse direction or trend)
Greek
3 entries- νότιος adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- νότια adv (towards the south)
- νότος noun (compass point)
Greenlandic
1 entries- kujalleq noun (compass point)
Gujarati
1 entries- દક્ષિણ noun (compass point)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 南 noun (compass point)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hema noun (compass point)
Hebrew
3 entries- דרומי adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- דָּרוֹם noun (compass point)
- נֶגֶב noun (compass point)
Hindi
4 entries- क़िबला noun (compass point)
- जनूब noun (compass point)
- जुनूब noun (compass point)
- दक्खण noun (compass point)
Hungarian
1 entries- dél noun (compass point)
Icelandic
1 entries- suður noun (compass point)
Ido
1 entries- sudo noun (compass point)
Inari Sami
1 entries- mäddi noun (compass point)
Indonesian
1 entries- selatan noun (compass point)
Ingrian
1 entries- lounat noun (compass point)
Interlingua
4 entries- austral adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- del sud adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- meridional adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- sud noun (compass point)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- جُنوب noun (compass point)
- نیمْروز noun (compass point)
Irish
4 entries- aneas adv (of wind: from the south)
- deas adv (towards the south)
- ó dheas adv (towards the south)
- theas name (The southern part of any region)
Italian
4 entries- meridionale adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- meridione noun (compass point)
- mezzogiorno noun (compass point)
- sud noun (compass point)
Japanese
2 entries- 南 noun (compass point)
- 南方 noun (compass point)
Javanese
2 entries- duksina noun (compass point)
- kidul noun (compass point)
Jin Chinese
1 entries- 南 noun (compass point)
Juba Arabic
1 entries- januub noun (compass point)
Kannada
1 entries- ದಕ್ಷಿಣ noun (compass point)
Karachay-Balkar
1 entries- къыбыла noun (compass point)
Karo Batak
1 entries- daksina noun (compass point)
Kazakh
2 entries- солтүстік adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- оңтүстік noun (compass point)
Ket
2 entries- утаба'ӈ noun (compass point)
- утль noun (compass point)
Khakas
1 entries- ӱстінзарых noun (compass point)
Khmer
4 entries- ខាងត្បូង adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- ទៅខាងត្បូង adv (towards the south)
- ទៅខាងត្បូង adv (of wind: from the south)
- ខាងត្បូង noun (compass point)
Kildin Sami
4 entries- соа̄ввьй adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- соа̄ййв adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- соа̄ввьй noun (compass point)
- соа̄ййв noun (compass point)
Korean
3 entries- 남 noun (compass point)
- 남쪽 noun (compass point)
- 앞 noun (compass point)
Koryak
1 entries- эвʼтылаӈӄал noun (compass point)
Kumyk
1 entries- къыбла noun (compass point)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- түштүк noun (compass point)
Lao
2 entries- ທິດໃຕ້ noun (compass point)
- ໃຕ້ noun (compass point)
Latgalian
1 entries- dīnavydi noun (compass point)
Latin
4 entries- australis adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- auster noun (compass point)
- merīdiēs noun (compass point)
- regio australis noun (compass point)
Latvian
1 entries- dienvidi noun (compass point)
Linngithigh
1 entries- ibhadh adv (towards the south)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pietūs noun (compass point)
Livonian
2 entries- jedāl noun (compass point)
- lȭinag noun (compass point)
Macedonian
2 entries- ју́жен adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- југ noun (compass point)
Madurese
1 entries- lao' noun (compass point)
Malagasy
2 entries- ampimbana noun (compass point)
- atsimo noun (compass point)
Malay
4 entries- janubi adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- selatan adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- daksina noun (compass point)
- selatan noun (compass point)
Malayalam
1 entries- തെക്ക് noun (compass point)
Maltese
2 entries- nofsinhar noun (compass point)
- qibla noun (compass point)
Manx
1 entries- jiass noun (compass point)
Marathi
1 entries- दक्षिण noun (compass point)
Mi'kmaq
2 entries- gp'te'sn noun (compass point)
- tp'te'sn noun (compass point)
Middle English
4 entries- south adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- south adv (towards the south)
- south adv (of wind: from the south)
- south noun (compass point)
Middle Persian
1 entries- 𐭭𐭩𐭬𐭫𐭥𐭰 noun (compass point)
Minangkabau
1 entries- salatan noun (compass point)
Mongolian
3 entries- өмнө noun (compass point)
- өмнө зүг noun (compass point)
- ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡ noun (compass point)
Māori
1 entries- tonga noun (compass point)
Nahuatl
2 entries- huitztlampa noun (compass point)
- ytzicotla noun (compass point)
Navajo
3 entries- shádiʼáahjigo adv (towards the south)
- shádiʼááhjígo adv (towards the south)
- shádiʼááh noun (compass point)
Nepali
1 entries- दक्षिण noun (compass point)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- başûr noun (compass point)
Northern Min Chinese
1 entries- 南 noun (compass point)
Northern Ohlone
1 entries- ká̄kun noun (compass point)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- syd noun (compass point)
- sør noun (compass point)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sør noun (compass point)
Nubi
1 entries- janub noun (compass point)
Occitan
1 entries- sud noun (compass point)
Odia
1 entries- ଦକ୍ଷିଣ noun (compass point)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- угъ noun (compass point)
Old Javanese
1 entries- kidul noun (compass point)
Old Norse
1 entries- syðri noun (compass point)
Oromo
1 entries- kibba noun (compass point)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- юг noun (compass point)
Papiamentu
1 entries- sùit noun (compass point)
Pashto
3 entries- جنوب noun (compass point)
- سوېل noun (compass point)
- پښوخوا noun (compass point)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Siede (nds) noun (compass point)
Polish
4 entries- południowy adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- na południe adv (towards the south)
- z południa adv (of wind: from the south)
- południe noun (compass point)
Portuguese
4 entries- austral adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- do sul adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- meridional adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- sulista adj (of or pertaining to the south)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਦੱਖਣ noun (compass point)
Rohingya
1 entries- doóin noun (compass point)
Romanian
3 entries- sudic adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- miazăzi noun (compass point)
- sud noun (compass point)
Romansch
2 entries- sid noun (compass point)
- süd noun (compass point)
Russian
3 entries- ю́жный adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- зюйд noun (compass point)
- юг noun (compass point)
Sanskrit
1 entries- दक्षिण noun (compass point)
Santali
2 entries- ᱠᱚᱧᱮ noun (compass point)
- ᱫᱟᱹᱠᱷᱤᱱ noun (compass point)
Scots
1 entries- sooth noun (compass point)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- a deas adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- deas adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- a deas adv (towards the south)
- deas noun (compass point)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- Jug name (The Global South)
- jug name (The southern part of any region)
- jȕg noun (compass point)
- ју̏г noun (compass point)
Shor
1 entries- кӱнегей noun (compass point)
Sinhalese
1 entries- දකණ noun (compass point)
Slovak
2 entries- južný adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- juh noun (compass point)
Slovene
1 entries- jug noun (compass point)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тӱштӱк noun (compass point)
Spanish
4 entries- austral adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- austro adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- del sur adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- meridional adj (of or pertaining to the south)
Swahili
1 entries- kusini noun (compass point)
Swedish
3 entries- syd adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- syd noun (compass point)
- söder noun (compass point)
Tagalog
1 entries- timog noun (compass point)
Tajik
1 entries- ҷануб noun (compass point)
Tamil
4 entries- உலகளாவிய தெற்கு name (The Global South)
- உலகளாவிய தெற்கு நாடுகள் name (The Global South)
- தென் name (The southern part of any region)
- தெற்கு name (The southern part of any region)
Tatar
1 entries- көньяк noun (compass point)
Telugu
1 entries- దక్షిణం noun (compass point)
Thai
3 entries- ทักษิณ noun (compass point)
- ทิศใต้ noun (compass point)
- ใต้ noun (compass point)
Tibetan
1 entries- ལྷོ noun (compass point)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ደቡብ noun (compass point)
Toba Batak
1 entries- dangsina noun (compass point)
Turkish
2 entries- cenup noun (compass point)
- güney noun (compass point)
Turkmen
1 entries- günorta noun (compass point)
Tuvan
1 entries- мурнуу чүк noun (compass point)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пі́вдень noun (compass point)
Urdu
4 entries- جَنُوب noun (compass point)
- جُنُوب noun (compass point)
- دَکّھِن noun (compass point)
- دَکْشِن noun (compass point)
Uyghur
2 entries- җәнуб noun (compass point)
- جەنۇب noun (compass point)
Uzbek
1 entries- janub noun (compass point)
Veps
1 entries- suvi noun (compass point)
Vietnamese
3 entries- hướng nam noun (compass point)
- nam noun (compass point)
- phía nam noun (compass point)
Volapük
2 entries- sulüdik adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- sulüd noun (compass point)
Welsh
1 entries- de noun (compass point)
West Coast Bajau
1 entries- selatan noun (compass point)
West-Frisian
4 entries- súd adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- súdlik adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- suden noun (compass point)
- súd noun (compass point)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 南 noun (compass point)
Xiang Chinese
1 entries- 南 noun (compass point)
Yaghnobi
1 entries- ҷануб noun (compass point)
Yakut
1 entries- соҕуруу noun (compass point)
Yiddish
2 entries- דרומדיק adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- דרום noun (compass point)
Yonaguni
2 entries- ハイ adj (of or pertaining to the south)
- ハイ noun (compass point)
Yámana
1 entries- itax noun (compass point)
Zazaki
1 entries- veroc (diq) noun (compass point)
Zhuang
1 entries- namz noun (compass point)
Sample sentences
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The South East region of England is densely populated.
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I went to the South Pacific for a summer of romantic adventure.
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Soon, swallows will come from the south.
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