north of

phrase

of a number or value

: greater than

Auburn coach Bruce Pearl earned north of $3.9 million this season …

—Tom Green

Fighting as he is now to keep his approval rating north of 40%, November 2009 probably looks to Obama like the good old days.

—Elias Isquith

Cognacs of similar quality typically go north of $100.

—Jack Bettridge

compare south of

Examples of north of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Skydance will have a mountain of debt, projected to be north of $80 billion, after assuming the debt burdens of previous M&A incurred by Paramount and WBD and raising new debt financing. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026

The 2nd District represents much of northern Rancho Cordova, north of Folsom Boulevard and east of Coloma Road. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

The comment has amassed more than 34,000 likes, while Bruno’s post itself has north of a million. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026

The Costco membership club would come to 2555 University Parkway, a little more than 2 miles north of Lawrenceville’s City Hall. — Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for north of

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