south-southeast

1. 1.

   to, toward, or in the south southeast

   Synonymssou'-sou'-east

Questions about south-southeast

What does south-southeast mean?

south-southeast means "to, toward, or in the south southeast".

How many syllables are in south-southeast?

south-southeast has 4 syllables and divides as so-uth--sou-theast under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for south-southeast?

Close synonyms include sou'-sou'-east. 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-southeast a common word?

south-southeast 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.