nnoun.locationthe region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon lineAttributes:southern
Part Holonyms:America U.S. U.S.A. US USA United States United States of America the States
Instance Hypernyms:geographic area geographic region geographical area geographical region
Inherited Hypernyms:southgeographical arearegionlocationobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:ALAla.AlabamaCamellia StateHeart of Dixie
Instance Hyponyms:Old South
Member Meronyms:Southerner
Part Meronyms:Carolina Carolinas Deep South Empire State of the South GA Ga. Georgia Peach State Gulf States LA La. Louisiana Pelican State Free State MD Maryland Md. Old Line State MS Magnolia State Miss. Mississippi N.C. NC North Carolina Old North State Tar Heel State Piedmont Palmetto State S.C. SC South Carolina TN Tenn. Tennessee Volunteer State Tidewater Tidewater region Old Dominion Old Dominion State VA Va. Virginia
nnoun.locationthe southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861Attributes:south southern
Synset:Confederacy Confederate States Confederate States of America Dixie Dixieland South
Instance Hypernyms:geographic area geographic region geographical area geographical region
Inherited Hypernyms:confederacygeographical arearegionlocationobjectphysical entityentity
Member Meronyms:AL Ala. Alabama Camellia State Heart of Dixie AR Ark. Arkansas Land of Opportunity Everglade State FL Fla. Florida Sunshine State Empire State of the South GA Ga. Georgia Peach State LA La. Louisiana Pelican State MS Magnolia State Miss. Mississippi MO Missouri Mo. Show Me State N.C. NC North Carolina Old North State Tar Heel State Palmetto State S.C. SC South Carolina TN Tenn. Tennessee Volunteer State Lone-Star State TX Tex. Texas Old Dominion Old Dominion State VA Va. Virginia
Part Meronyms:slave state
nnoun.relationthe cardinal compass point that is at 180 degreesSynset:S due south southward
Hypernyms:cardinal compass point
Inherited Hypernyms:southcardinal compass pointcompass pointdirectionpositionrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.locationa location in the southern part of a country, region, or cityAttributes:southern
Hypernyms:location
Inherited Hypernyms:southlocationobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.relationthe direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass pointHypernyms:direction
Inherited Hypernyms:southdirectionpositionrelationabstractionentity
adjadj.allsituated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the southAttributes:Confederacy Confederate States Confederate States of America Dixie Dixieland South
Antonyms:north
Inherited Hypernyms:south
Similar to:south-central southbound southward southeast southeasterly southeastern southeast southeasterly southeastward southerly southern southerly southern southernmost southmost southwest southwesterly southwestern southwest southwesterly southwestward
advadv.allin a southern directionSynset:in the south to the south
Inherited Hypernyms:south