southwards

Adverb

Meaning

Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as, to go southward.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

southward southerly south southern meridional southland sub-Saharan southie Minami southbound southwardly due south down south immediate south more southwards
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Antonyms

north nordic northwards due north

Phrases with the word

most southwards more southwards

Examples

the ship turned southerly Source: Internet

After easing of tensions between East and West Germany, starting on 30 May 1976 transit trains going westwards, southwestwards, or southwards stopped once again at station of Wannsee. Source: Internet

During the next few centuries Novgorodians engaged in fur trading with the local population and collected tribute from Yugra and Great Perm, slowly expanding southwards. Source: Internet

By the early 2nd century BC the Greco-Bactrians had created an impressive empire that stretched southwards to include northwest India. Source: Internet

Deletant, pp.216, 218, 225–229, 340–341; Penkower, pp.169–170; Weber, p.150 He was doing the same for certain Northern Transylvanian Romani communities who had escaped southwards. Source: Internet

After a brief sojourn at Qazvin he passed southwards to Hamadãn where Shams al-Daula, another Buwayhid emir, had established himself. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

southward wind southward-west southwardly Southwark Southwater Southwell