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

Know The Cadence Of The Market Whether you’re headed to the south of France or the hill country of Texas, every market has a different cadence. — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 18 July 2026

Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, 25, a Colombian national, was shot and killed the morning of July 13 in Biddeford, Maine, about 15 miles south of Portland. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 17 July 2026

The Central High School zone would encompass the region east of Interstate 430 and south of I-630 -- including the area near Parkview -- along with downtown, east Little Rock and part of Hillcrest. — Arkansas Online, 16 July 2026

The audience will be setting out beach towels on the sand south of the pier, with a footprint that extends down about a half-mile to Bay Street, with a secondary stage and plenty of food and other attractions along the oceanside paths. — Chris Willman, Variety, 16 July 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