south-polar

1. 1.

   at or near the south pole

   SynonymsAntarctic

   Similarpolar

Questions about south-polar

What does south-polar mean?

south-polar means "at or near the south pole".

How many syllables are in south-polar?

south-polar has 3 syllables: south--po-lar. The stress falls on "south-".

What is another word for south-polar?

Close synonyms include Antarctic. 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.

Is south-polar a common word?

south-polar is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.