Southern Definition & Meaning

southern
adjective
  1. in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "southern hospitality"; "southern cooking"; "southern plantations"
  2. situated in or oriented toward the south; "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course"
  3. situated in or coming from regions of the south; "the southern hemisphere"; "southern constellations"
  4. from the south; used especially of wind; "a hot southerly wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly"

Synonyms for southern

austral adj

of the south or coming from the south; "sailed the austral seas" the basic unit of money in Argentina

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confederate adj

of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War

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gray adj

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells

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grey adj

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells

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rebel noun

`Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War

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south adv

in a southern direction; "we moved south" situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south

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southerly adv

toward the south; "the ship turned southerly" from the south

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"Southern" in song lyrics

See how southern is used in real songs:

  • "Rubber band man like fam that's Southern"
    (The Alchemist f/) Obie Trice — I'm Back
  • "Come another dance song, beats soundin' southern"
    Caltroit (Bishop Lamont & Black Milk) f/ Kardinal Offishall, Trek Life — Everything
  • "I said you might call us country but we's only Southern"
    Johnny Spanish — What it Do

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What does southern mean?
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line; "southern hospitality"; "southern cooking"; "southern plantations" situated in or oriented toward the south; "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course" situated in or coming from regions of the south; "the southern hemisphere"; "southern constellations" from the south; used especially of wind; "a hot southerly wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly"
What part of speech is southern?
Southern is an adjective.
How many definitions does southern have?
Southern has 4 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).

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