Synonyms for northern

Synonyms for (noun) northern

Synonyms: Northern

Definition: a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans

Similar words: Middle English

Definition: English from about 1100 to 1450


Synonyms for (adj) northern

Synonyms: northerly, northern

Definition: coming from the north; used especially of wind

Usage: the north wind doth blow; a northern snowstorm; the winds are northerly

Similar words: north

Definition: situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north

Usage: artists like north light; the north portico


Synonyms: northerly, northern

Definition: situated in or oriented toward the north

Usage: the northern suburbs; going in a northerly direction

Similar words: north

Definition: situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north

Usage: artists like north light; the north portico


Synonyms: northern

Definition: situated in or coming from regions of the north

Usage: the northern hemisphere; northern autumn colors

Similar words: boreal, circumboreal

Definition: comprising or throughout far northern regions


Similar words: 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


Similar words: septrional

Definition: of northern regions; from the seven stars (or seven plowing oxen) of Ursa Major


Synonyms: northern

Definition: in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

Usage: Northern liberals; northern industry; northern cities

Similar words: blue

Definition: used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)

Usage: a ragged blue line


Similar words: Union, Federal

Definition: being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War

Usage: Union soldiers; Federal forces; a Federal infantryman


Similar words: Yankee

Definition: used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)


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