| Northern 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. 2. (a.) In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. Thesaurus Entries antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, east, eastbound, easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, hyperborean, meridional, north, northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northerly, northernmost, northwest, northwesterly, northwestern, occidental, oriental, south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, west, westbound, westerly, western, westernmost |