Synonyms for sides
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sahyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : saɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for sides Other synonyms for the word sides
- angle
- appearance
- aspect
- attitude
- behalf
- belief
- belligerent
- boundary
- camp
- cause
- combatant
- competition
- contestant
- crew
- direction
- disposition
- division
- elevation
- enemy
- facet
- flank
- foe
- haunch
- hillside
- interest
- jamb
- lee
- light
- limit
- loin
- margin
- opinion
- outlook
- perimeter
- periphery
- phase
- posture
- quarter
- rim
- rival
- sect
- sector
- slant
- stance
- stand
- standpoint
- surface
- team
- top
- verge
- view
- viewpoint
- wing
Définition of sides
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.
- noun edge, exteriority of object
- noun point of view
- noun opposing person or view
- The sides of this hill he covered with a layer of bricks that the sand might not be blown away.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- It is now a mere platform, with the walls running up on two sides only.
- Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
- Then wipe the meat carefully and brown it on all sides in the fat.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- All his other women are parts of her or reflections of her, as all his heroes are sides of Hamlet, or reflections of him.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- All the houses were of two stories, of which the upper was open on the sides, and used for sleeping.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- At sides masonry with recesses; in the R. centre a great doorway.
- Extract from : « Apu Ollantay » by Anonymous
- The tribesmen poured into the bazaar and attacked the serai on all sides.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- The bullets of the enemy made "watery flashes" on all sides.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- Then they set fire to it on all sides, laughing and shouting: 'Burn, burn, daughter of the Didi!'
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- For the first time in days I was thoroughly toasted on all sides at once.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
Antonyms for sides
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