Synonyms for north
- adjective
- adverb
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Of the north
northern, boreal, arctic, septentrional formal rare
2. Northernmost
Other
Adverb
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
He lived in north Germany.
- adj. 2
Toward the north; northward.
Napoleon ordered Villeneuve north to France.
- adv. 1
Toward the north; northward; northerly.
Switzerland is north of Italy.
- n. 1
The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane.
Minnesota is in the north of the USA.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- norths → north-easts, north-wests…
Example sentences
- northern More people live in the northern part of the city.
- arctic The polar bear is the apex predator of the Arctic.
By length
- 6 letters
- arctic2, boreal
- 8 letters
- northern2
- 9 letters
- northward2, northerly3
- 10 letters
- northbound2, northwards
- 12 letters
- northernmost3
- 13 letters
- septentrional
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (arctic2 = 2 syllables).