- a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. Abbreviation: S
- the direction in which this point lies.
- a region or territory situated in this direction.
- the general area south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi, consisting mainly of those states that formed the Confederacy.
- lying toward or situated in the south; directed or proceeding toward the south.
- coming from the south, as a wind.
- to, toward, or in the south.
- into a state of serious decline, loss, or the like: Sales went south during the recession.
- to turn or move in a southerly direction.
- to cross the meridian.
- one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at 180° from north and 90° clockwise from east and anticlockwise from west
- the direction along a meridian towards the South Pole
- any area lying in or towards the south
- the player or position at the table corresponding to south on the compass
- situated in, moving towards, or facing the south
- (esp of the wind) from the south
- in, to, or towards the south
- (of the wind) from the south
- the southern part of England, generally regarded as lying to the south of an imaginary line between the Wash and the Severn
- (in the US)
- the area approximately south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, esp those states south of the Mason-Dixon line that formed the Confederacy during the Civil War
- the Confederacy itself
- the countries of the world that are not economically and technically advanced
- of or denoting the southern part of a specified country, area, etc
- (capital as part of a name)
