northern

Speech parts

1. northern - Noun

2. northern - Adjective

3. northern - Adjective Satellite

4. Northern - Proper noun

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.

In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

northerly boreal north arctic septentrional polar northward hyperborean northmost northernmost northbound union south southern yankee
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Antonyms

southern meridional austral south confederate gray
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Hypernyms

Middle English

Phrases with the word

northern white pine Northern Grampians Northern England Northern Tablelands Army of Northern Virginia Northern Bruce Peninsula

Examples

When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe? Quentin Crisp

And inasmuch as feeling, the East's gift, Is quick and transient, comes, and lo is gone, While Northern thought is slow and durable. Robert Browning

Man is the nobler growth our realms supply, And souls are ripened in our northern sky. Anna Letitia Barbauld

The transformation of part of the northern part of this continent into "America" inaugurated a nearly boundless epoch of opportunity and innovation, and thus deserves to be celebrated with great vim and gusto, with or without the participation of those who wish they had never been born. Christopher Hitchens

To this day the Arab influence is evident in southern Italy, northern Africa and, above all, in Spain. Carroll Quigley

Northern Ireland is part of Ireland, not Britain, as can clearly be seen from aerial photographs. Jeremy Hardy

Close letter words and terms

northerly northerly wind northermost northern abalone northern affairs northern african