southward

[ south-werd; Nautical suhth-erd ]

adjective

1. moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
2. coming from the south, as a wind.

adverb

1. Also southwards. toward the south; south.

noun

1. the southward part, direction, or point.

southward

/ ˈsaʊθwəd; ˈsʌðəd /

adjective

1. situated, directed, or moving towards the south

noun

1. the southward part, direction, etc; the south

adverb

1. See southwards
   a variant of southwards

Derived Forms

• ˈsouthwardly, adjectiveadverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of southward¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English sūth weard. See south, -ward

Example Sentences

Trailing their prey, carnivorous dinosaurs followed, and as wintry weather arrived, both herbivores and carnivores followed their food southward again.

From Popular-Science

For all that has changed in American life during this period, this pattern has proved remarkably durable, as population and resources have consistently flowed southward and westward.

From Washington Post

In 1921, some 10,000 workers marched southward from the West Virginia state capital of Charleston to anti-union counties in an effort to protest coal companies’ complete control of the territory.

From Ozy

That’s a configuration that tends to force a developing coastal storm south and east of Washington and allows cold air from the Canadian high pressure to drain southward into our region.

From Washington Post

Whales singing in the day could also be swimming through a given region without starting their southward migration.

From Science News

Their finest thinkers and ablest warriors migrated southward.

From The Daily Beast

Sub-freezing air will also extend southward across the border of Texas into Mexico.

From The Daily Beast

The result will be an epic cold air outbreak, with much of the coldness being channeled southward from Greenland.

From The Daily Beast

But as industry migrated southward after the war, Southern New Dealers like Strom Thurmond changed their economic philosophy.

From The Daily Beast

Our talk ranged from the Panhandle to the Canada line, while our horses jogged steadily southward.

From Project Gutenberg

In case any reader should hastily exclaim, “What a ridiculous question; there can be only one southward!”

From Project Gutenberg

Finally he shook himself free from the dreamy spell of the place, and turned his face southward again.

From Project Gutenberg

The ground near the house was not so very rough and the slope southward was a gentle one.

From Project Gutenberg

The Dick was apprized by us of the danger in time, and succeeded in clearing the land by tacking to the southward.

From Project Gutenberg