north

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. northerly, northern, northward; arctic, polar. See direction. Ant., south.

- North Star

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(Roget's IV) n. North

Syn. Union, Federals, Northerners, Yankees, Yanks, the men in blue, carpetbaggers, damyankees*; see also confederacy , south , union 2 .

n.

Syn. the Barrens, tundra, northern section, northland, Northern Hemisphere, the north country, the north woods, Arctic regions, polar regions, the frozen north, land of ice and snow; see also direction 1 .

modif.

1. [Situated to the north]

Syn. northward, northern, in the north, on the north side of, northerly, northmost, northernmost.

2. [Moving toward the north]

Syn. northerly, northbound, northward, to the north, headed north, toward the North Pole, in a northerly direction; see also south 4 .

3. [Coming from the north]

Syn. northerly, southbound, headed south, out of the north, moving toward the equator, moving toward the South Pole; see also south 3 .

4. [Associated with the north]

Syn. northern, polar, hyperborean, boreal; see arctic , cold 1 .