Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun southpaw
2 senses of southpaw
Sense 1
left-handed pitcher, left-hander, left hander, lefthander, lefty, southpaw -- (a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand)
=> pitcher, hurler, twirler -- ((baseball) the person who does the pitching; "our pitcher has a sore arm")
Sense 2
left-hander, lefty, southpaw -- (a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right; "their pitcher was a southpaw")
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")