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
- 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
- abreast
- abutting
- adjacent
- adjoining
- after
- along toward
- alongside
- approximal
- around
- at close quarters
- attached
- available
- back-to-back
- beside
- bordering
- burning
- cheek by jowl
- cheek to cheek
- close
- close shave
- close-at-hand
- close-by
- closest
- coming
- consequent
- conterminous
- contiguous
- convenient
- coterminous
- crabwise
- edgeways
- ensuing
- flanking
- following
- hair's breadth
- handy
- hard by
- immediate
- in close proximity
- juxtaposing
- later
- meeting
- near-at-hand
- nearby
- nearest
- neighboring
- next door
- nigh
- not remote
- oblique
- on the side
- parallel
- practically
- proximal
- proximate
- ready
- shoulder to shoulder
- side
- side-by-side
- sidelong
- sideward
- sidewise
- skirting
- subsequent
- succeeding
- touching
- vincinal
- warm
- within stone's throw
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