Synonyms of the word northern


NORTHERNBLUE - BOREAL - CIRCUMBOREAL - NORTH - NORTHERLY - SEPTRIONAL

northern

  • adj. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north.
  • adj. (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
  • adj. (Britain) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised).
  • n. (fishing) The northern pike.
  • n. (capitalised) The Northern Line of the London Underground.

blue

  • adj. Of the colour blue.
  • adj. (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
  • adj. Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
  • adj. (politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented…
  • adj. (astronomy) Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant…
  • adj. (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
  • adj. (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
  • adj. (archaic) Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.
  • adj. (archaic, of women) literary; bluestockinged.
  • adj. (particle physics) Having a color charge of blue.
  • adj. (comedy) Risque or obscene.
  • n. (countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the…
  • n. A blue dye or pigment.
  • n. Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
  • n. Blue clothing.
  • n. (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
  • n. (slang) A member of law enforcement.
  • n. The sky, literally or figuratively.
  • n. The ocean; deep waters.
  • n. Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
  • n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 5 points.
  • n. Any of the blue-winged butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatini in the family Lycaenidae.
  • n. A bluefish.
  • n. (Australia, colloquial) An argument.
  • n. A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
  • n. (Britain) A type of firecracker.
  • n. (archaic) A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
  • n. (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
  • v. (ergative) To make or become blue.
  • v. (transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes…
  • v. (transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
  • v. (transitive, slang) To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
  • adj. (entertainment, informal) Pornographic or profane.

boreal

  • adj. Of, relating to, or coming from the north.

circumboreal

  • adj. (biogeography) Of or pertaining to the ecoregion of abundant forest growth, particularly spanning Eurasia…

north

  • n. One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally…
  • n. The up or positive direction.
  • n. Above or higher.
  • n. (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic…
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
  • adj. Toward the north; northward.
  • adj. (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
  • adj. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
  • adj. (colloquial) More or greater than.
  • adv. Toward the north; northward.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north.

northerly

  • n. A wind blowing from the north.
  • adj. Facing the north; directed towards the north.
  • adj. Located in a northern region.
  • adj. Coming from the north.
  • adv. In an northward direction or position; towards the north.
  • adv. From the north.

septrional

  • adj. (very rare) Of or coming from northern regions.

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