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beside

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • preposition At the side of; next to.
  • preposition In comparison with.
  • preposition On an equal footing with.
  • preposition In addition to.
  • preposition Except for.
  • preposition Not relevant to.
  • adverb In addition.
  • adverb Nearby.
  • idiom (beside (oneself)) In a state of extreme excitement or agitation.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as besides, which is now the common form.
  • At the side of; near: as, sit down beside me, or beside the stream.
  • Over and above; distinct from.
  • Out of; away from.
  • Apart from; not connected with; not according to.
  • Contrary to.
  • Out of; in a state deviating from.
  • Without.
  • Synonyms Beside, Besides. Beside, by the side of; besides, in addition to.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • preposition At the side of; on one side of.
  • preposition Aside from; out of the regular course or order of; in a state of deviation from; out of.
  • preposition Over and above; distinct from; in addition to.
  • preposition to be out of one's wits or senses.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • preposition Next to; at the side of.
  • preposition Not relevant to.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English biside, from Old English be sīdan : be, by; see by + sīde, side.]

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synonyms (94)

Words with the same meaning

  1. abeam
  2. above
  3. abreast
  4. additionally
  5. again
  6. agitated
  7. all included
  8. along by
  9. alongside
  10. also
  11. altogether
  12. among other things
  13. and all
  14. and also
  15. and so
  16. apart from
  17. as compared with
  18. as well
  19. aside
  20. aside from
  21. au reste
  22. away from
  23. bar
  24. barring
  25. besides
  26. beyond
  27. but
  28. by
  29. by comparison with
  30. bye
  31. close to
  32. compared with
  33. crazy
  34. else
  35. en plus
  36. ex
  37. except
  38. except for
  39. excepting
  40. excluding
  41. exclusive of
  42. extra
  43. farther
  44. for lagniappe
  45. further
  46. furthermore
  47. hard by
  48. in addition
  49. in apposition
  50. in comparison with
  51. in conjunction
  52. in juxtaposition
  53. inter alia
  54. into the bargain
  55. item
  56. leaving out
  57. let alone
  58. likewise
  59. mad
  60. more
  61. moreover
  62. near
  63. nearby
  64. next to
  65. nigh
  66. off
  67. omitting
  68. on the side
  69. on top of
  70. opposite
  71. outside of
  72. over
  73. over against
  74. over and above
  75. overwrought
  76. plus
  77. precluding
  78. preposition
  79. round
  80. save
  81. save and except
  82. saving
  83. similarly
  84. taken with
  85. than
  86. then
  87. therewith
  88. to boot
  89. too
  90. unless
  91. upset
  92. with
  93. without
  94. yet

forms (3)

Forms

  1. beside oneself
  2. beside the point
  3. besides

cross-references (4)

Cross-references

  1. beside the mark
  2. to be beside one's self
  3. to go beside
  4. to look beside

rhymes (83)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Clyde
  2. Eid
  3. Hyde
  4. Outside
  5. Pride
  6. Ride
  7. Stateside
  8. abide
  9. allied
  10. alongside
  11. applied
  12. aside
  13. astride
  14. belied
  15. betide
  16. bide
  17. bride
  18. chide
  19. coincide
  20. collide
  21. complied
  22. confide
  23. cried
  24. decide
  25. decried
  26. defied
  27. denied
  28. deride
  29. died
  30. divide
  31. dried
  32. dyed
  33. eid
  34. eyed
  35. flied
  36. fried
  37. glide
  38. guide
  39. hide
  40. ide
  41. implied
  42. inside
  43. lied
  44. misapplied
  45. misguide
  46. nationwide
  47. outside
  48. oversupplied
  49. pied
  50. plied
  51. preside
  52. pride
  53. pried
  54. provide
  55. pryde
  56. relied
  57. replied
  58. reside
  59. retried
  60. ride
  61. seid
  62. shied
  63. side
  64. sighed
  65. slide
  66. snide
  67. spied
  68. stateside
  69. stride
  70. subdivide
  71. subside
  72. supplied
  73. tide
  74. tied
  75. tried
  76. untied
  77. untried
  78. upside
  79. vide
  80. vied
  81. westside
  82. wide
  83. worldwide

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