Meanings
southwards1
- not comparableIn a southerly direction; towards the south.
Although [John] Peel's grave is the main attraction, Caldbeck is a captivating little village in its own right, with fine views southwards to the Lake District's serried peaks.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 1001 more example
On the journey southwards over the flat, fertile plains, paddy fields stretched away on each side of the line, and the landscape was broken only by wooden villages and stately pagodas.
1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325
Southwards2
- pluralplural of Southward
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*sunþ
- Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥ ~ *sh₂wén-
- Proto-Indo-European*sh₂ún-teros
- Proto-Germanic*sunþraz
- Proto-Germanic*sunþrą
- Proto-West Germanic*sunþr
- Old Englishsūþ
- Middle Englishsouth
- Englishsouth
- Englishsouthwards
Translations
Esperanto suden
- sudentowards the south
Cite this entry
southwards. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southwards
“southwards.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southwards. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “southwards,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southwards.
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