northern

1. 1.

   a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans

   BroaderMiddle English

Other forms of northern

plural

northerns·

comparative

northerner·

superlative

northernest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about northern

What does northern mean?

northern means "in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in northern?

northern has 2 syllables: nor-thern. The stress falls on "nor". In IPA it is /ˈnɔɹðɚn/.

What is another word for northern?

Close synonyms include northerly, northerly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of northern?

The recorded antonyms are southern, southern.

Is northern a common word?

northern is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.