southeast

English Thesaurus

1. a location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city (noun.location)

hypernym	:	location,
definition	:	a point or extent in space (noun.tops)

2. the southeastern region of the United States (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region,
definition	:	a demarcated area of the Earth (noun.location)

part meronym	:	east, eastern united states,
definition	:	the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River (noun.location)

3. the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees (noun.linkdef)

hypernym	:	compass point, point,
definition	:	any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass (noun.linkdef)

4. the direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point (noun.linkdef)

hypernym	:	direction,
definition	:	the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves (noun.linkdef)

5. situated in or oriented toward the southeast (adj.all)

similar	:	south, south,
definition	:	situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south (adj.all)

6. coming from the southeast (adj.all)

derivation	:	sou'easter, southeaster,
definition	:	a strong wind from the southeast (noun.phenomenon)

derivation	:	sou'easter, southeaster,
definition	:	a strong wind from the southeast (noun.phenomenon)