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Synonyms of side in English:

side


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noun

1‘at the side of the road’

SYNONYMS
edge, border, verge, boundary, margin, fringe, fringes, flank, brink, bank, brim, rim, lip, perimeter, circumference, extremity, periphery, limit, outer limit, limits, bound, bounds
hand
literary marge, bourn, skirt
ANTONYMS

centre, heart, end

2‘he was driving on the wrong side of the road’

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half, part
carriageway, lane
hemisphere

3‘on the east side of the city’

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district, quarter, area, region, part, neighbourhood, precinct, locality, sector, section, zone, tract, belt, ghetto, community, colony, pocket, enclave, territory, province, parish, ward

4‘manuscripts should be typed, on one side of the paper only’

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surface, face, plane, part, facet, aspect, facade

5‘he felt he should put his side of the argument’

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point of view, viewpoint, view, perspective, opinion, way of thinking, mind, standpoint, stance, stand, position, attitude, posture, outlook, frame of reference, slant, aspect, angle, facet

6‘his family was ruined by backing the losing side in the civil war’

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faction, camp, bloc, clique, caucus, entente, axis, ring, party, wing, splinter group, sect, clan, set

7‘there was a mixture of old and young players in their side’

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team, squad, line-up, crew

8‘she has all the money in the world, but there's absolutely no side about her’

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pretension, pretentiousness, affectation, affectedness, ostentation, ostentatiousness, artificiality, attitudinizing, airs, airs and graces, superciliousness, posing, posturing, showing off, boasting, boastfulness, hypocrisy, snobbery, show, flashiness
pomposity, pompousness, flatulence, grandiosity, grandness
informal snootiness
Australian, New Zealand informal guyver
rare fustian

adjective

1‘the frame had elaborately carved side pieces’

SYNONYMS
lateral, wing, flank, flanking
ANTONYMS

front

2‘this is just a side issue’

SYNONYMS
subordinate, lesser, lower, lower-level, secondary, minor, peripheral, incidental, tangential, marginal, ancillary, subsidiary, subservient, non-essential, inessential, immaterial, borderline, irrelevant, beside the point, of little account, extraneous, unimportant, less important
ANTONYMS

central, primary

3‘a side look’

SYNONYMS
sidelong, sideways, sideward, oblique, indirect
ANTONYMS

straight


verb

1‘the British tend to side with the underdog’

SYNONYMS
support, give one's support to, take the part of, take the side of, be on the side of, stand by, stand up for, stick up for, be supportive of, encourage, back, back up, give one's backing to, uphold, take to one's heart, be loyal to, defend, come to the defence of, champion, ally with, ally oneself with, associate oneself with, sympathize with, favour, prefer, abet, aid and abet
ANTONYMS

oppose


Phrases

    side by side

    1‘they cycled along side by side’


    SYNONYMS
    alongside, alongside each other, beside each other, abreast, level, shoulder to shoulder, cheek by jowl, together, close together

    2‘most transactions proceed side by side’


    SYNONYMS
    at the same time, at one and the same time, at the same instant, at the same moment, simultaneously, contemporaneously
    together, all together, as a group
    ANTONYMS

    in line

    take the side of

    ‘any who took the side of the enemy would be treated as enemies themselves’


    SYNONYMS
    support, give one's support to, take the part of, side with, be on the side of, stand by, stand up for, stick up for, be supportive of, encourage, back, back up, give one's backing to, uphold, take to one's heart, be loyal to, defend, come to the defence of, champion, ally with, ally oneself with, associate oneself with, sympathize with, favour, prefer, abet, aid and abet
    ANTONYMS

    oppose