south of

phrase

of a number or value

: less than

Other than crafty Chicago White Sox lefty Dallas Keuchel, no other starter with a strikeout percentage as low as Wheeler had an ERA south of 4.00 in 2020.

—Joe Giglio

… the wine list could use a few more bargains; I counted only a handful of bottles costing south of $60.

—Scott Mowbray

The North Carolina Tar Heels' star quarterback, who averaged more than 300 yards per game and completed nearly 70 percent of his passes in the regular season, went into the fourth quarter of the 2021 Orange Bowl with only 128 passing yards and a completion percentage south of 60.

—David Wilson

compare north of

Examples of south of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

He was arrested about 20 miles south of his hometown in East Palestine, Ohio, where police were conducting a prostitution sting at a mobile home park. — Erick Mendoza, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026

There’s no indication that the five most recent shootings, including two in the Cape Town area and one south of the city of Durban, are linked. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Portugal For a change of scenery, Verstappen and Piquet have reportedly bought a plot at Pinheirinho Comporta, a 988-acre coastal community about an hour south of Lisbon, with plans to build a private home. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2026

Folsom’s 5th District covers part of west-central Folsom, including residential neighborhoods east of East Bidwell Street and south of Blue Ravine Road. — Haley Parsley october 2, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for south of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove