Antonyms for side-by-side

Grammar : Adj, adv

Spell : sahyd

Phonetic Transcription : saɪd

Definition of side-by-side

Origin : Old English side "flanks of a person, the long part or aspect of anything," from Proto-Germanic *sithon (cf. Old Saxon sida, Old Norse siða, Danish side, Swedish sida, Middle Dutch side, Dutch zidje, Old High German sita, German Seite), from adjective *sithas "long" (cf. Old English sid "long, broad, spacious," Old Norse siðr "long, hanging down"), from PIE root *se- "long, late" (see soiree).
Original sense preserved in countryside. Figurative sense of "position or attitude of a person or set of persons in relation to another" (cf. choosing sides) first recorded mid-13c. Meaning "one of the parties in a transaction" is from late 14c.; sense in a sporting contest or game is from 1690s. Meaning "music on one side of a phonograph record" is first attested 1936. Phrase side by side "close together and abreast" is recorded from c.1200. Side-splitting "affecting with compulsive laughter" is attested by 1825.

As in lateral : adj sideways
As in near : adj close by physically
As in next : adj coming immediately after in space, time, order
As in side by side : adv next to each other

Example sentences :

People who had sulked in side-by-side rooms began, in the relaxed discipline of convalescence, to pay little calls about.
Extract from : « Love Stories » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

At least, in the two side-by-side screens, their eyes shifted, each to the other's screen on his own ship.
Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper

When I went in I saw six little girls standing against the wall motionless, side-by-side, like smelts on a skewer.
Extract from : « The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 (of 8) » by Guy de Maupassant

Synonyms for side-by-side

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