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

As of early evening, the storm was centered about 90 miles south of Pensacola and moving to the north-northeast, with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph, the center said. — Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026

Motorists traveling on Idaho’s State Highway 55 should expect traffic impacts beginning next week, as safety improvements continue on the Fleming Creek Bridge south of Banks. — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026

The storm was located about 125 miles south of Pensacola Friday, moving north-northeast as of Friday afternoon. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Category 2 Hurricane Isaias is in the Gulf of Mexico, 295 miles north-northeast of Progreso, Mexico and 260 miles south of the Mouth of the Mississippi River. — Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 9 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