northern
English Thesaurus
1. a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | middle english, |
| definition | : | English from about 1100 to 1450 (noun.communication) |
2. coming from the north; used especially of wind (adj.all)
| similar | : | north, north, |
| definition | : | situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north (adj.all) |
3. situated in or coming from regions of the north (adj.all)
| similar | : | boreal, circumboreal, |
| definition | : | comprising or throughout far northern regions (adj.all) |
| similar | : | north-central, |
| definition | : | being in or of a region of the United States generally including states of the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes region lying north of the Ohio River and the southern boundaries of Kansas and Missouri and between the western boundary of Pennsylvania and the eastern boundaries of Montana and Wyoming and Colorado (adj.all) |
| similar | : | septrional, |
| definition | : | of northern regions; from the seven stars (or seven plowing oxen) of Ursa Major (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | north, |
| definition | : | a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city (noun.location) |
4. in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line (adj.all)
| similar | : | blue, |
| definition | : | used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms) (adj.all) |
| similar | : | federal, union, |
| definition | : | being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War (adj.all) |
| similar | : | yankee, |
| definition | : | used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier) (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | north, union, |
| definition | : | the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War) (noun.location) |
| attribute | : | north, |
| definition | : | the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line (noun.location) |
5. coming from the north; used especially of wind (adj.all)
| derivation | : | northernness, |
| definition | : | the property of being to the north (noun.attribute) |
6. situated in or coming from regions of the north (adj.all)
| antonym | : | southern, |
| definition | : | situated in or coming from regions of the south (adj.all) |
7. in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line (adj.all)
| antonym | : | southern, |
| definition | : | in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line (adj.all) |
8. coming from the north; used especially of wind (adj.all)
| derivation | : | northernness, |
| definition | : | the property of being to the north (noun.attribute) |
9. situated in or coming from regions of the north (adj.all)
| antonym | : | southern, |
| definition | : | situated in or coming from regions of the south (adj.all) |
10. in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line (adj.all)
| antonym | : | southern, |
| definition | : | in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line (adj.all) |
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