southward
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1.7
- adverb
- /ˈsaʊθwərd/
:
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- As we drive the winding coastal highway southward, leaving sand castles and Haystack Rocks behind, the land rises.
- moved southward
- fleeing southward
- proceeding southward
Kosik power is being spent northward and being spent southward.
- Kosik power is being spent northward and being spent southward.
- And by, you know, by, by the fall, they're already starting to migrate southward.
Examples
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Chinese have been fleeing their country southward to Southeast Asia and down the Malay Peninsula for centuries.
Academic text (1992) -
Spawning continues with increasing intensity as the fish move progressively farther southward in October and November.
Academic text (1991) -
All the smell and smoke went southward over the town.
Fiction book (1993) -
The fleet first made its way southward down the West Coast of Africa.
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The Jordan then continues its journey southward to the Dead Sea.
Academic text (2007) -
Winds and currents will drive the ship southward and my prophecy will come true.
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We must move southward.
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Most Yamasees, for instance, chose to relocate southward in order to trade with the Spanish.
Academic text (2008) -
Canada geese, v'd and honking, flew southward, looking for a place to stay the night.
Fiction book (1997) -
The birds flew southward as winter approached, searching for warmer climates.
Synonyms
645
1.0
Toward the bottom of a map
69
1.0
In the direction of the south
8
2.3
Directly toward the south on a compass
3
2.1
Moving toward the south, often describing vehicles or routes
1
2.1
Toward the south
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Southward comes from the parts south and -ward ('toward'), so as an adverb it tells us someone or something is moving in the direction of the south.