due south

Questions about due south

What is another word for due south?

It depends which due south you mean. In the sense “the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees”, the synonyms are south, southward, S. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of due south?

WordNet records no antonym for due south. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for due south come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of due south

• Full entry for due southAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for due southWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.