Synonyms for southeast
ˌsaʊθˈist; Naut. ˌsaʊ-south·east

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1. southeast, sou'-east, southeastward, SEnoun

   the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees

   Synonyms:
   sou'-east, selenium, atomic number 34, southeastern United States, southeastward

   Antonyms:
   north

2. Southeast, southeastern United Statesnoun

   the southeastern region of the United States

   Synonyms:
   sou'-east, southeastern United States, southeastward

   Antonyms:
   north

3. southeastnoun

   the direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point

   Synonyms:
   sou'-east, southeastern United States, southeastward

   Antonyms:
   north

4. southeastadjective

   a location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city

   Synonyms:
   sou'-east, southeastern United States, southeastward

   Antonyms:
   north

5. southeasterly, southeastadjective

   coming from the southeast

   "southeasterly breezes"

   Synonyms:
   southeasterly, southeastern

   Antonyms:
   north

6. southeast, southeastern, southeasterlyadverb

   situated in or oriented toward the southeast

   Synonyms:
   southeasterly, southeastern

   Antonyms:
   north

7. southeast, south-east, sou'-eastadverb

   to, toward, or in the southeast

   Synonyms:
   south-east, sou'-east

   Antonyms:
   north

Matched Categories

1. • East
   • Compass Point
   • Direction
   • Geographical Area

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1. List of paraphrases for "southeast":

   south-east, south-eastern, southeastern, eepsea, east, shoal, south-easterly, eastern, southeasterly

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1. Mike Pompeo:

   The world will not allow Beijing to treat the South China Sea as its maritime empire. America stands with our Southeast Asia allies and partners in protecting their sovereign rights to offshore resources, consistent with their rights and obligations under international law.

2. Ivan Vrdoljak:

   Southeast Europe can hardly get an alternative gas supply route without Croatia, it is not because we decided so, but because of our location.

3. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov:

   The draft law to reject Ukraine's neutral status as well as the order from Petro Alexeyevich Poroshenko about the economic blockade of the southeast (Ukraine) is a tribute to the rhetoric that the party of war in Kiev thirsts after.

4. Dan Werb:

   What we’ve seen across the world — in Mexico and Southeast Asia and China — is that ‘treatment centers’ that are mandated can effectively turn into internment camps.

5. Shukor Yusof:

   I personally know quite a number of people from Malaysia Airlines who have actually gone to the Middle East and I don't blame them because the money is very good, if you compare Middle Eastern carriers to Southeast Asian carriers, they are more advanced, they are growing far quicker — it's all about dollars and cents and they have a bottomless pit of money.