alongside

¹along·side

adverb \-ˈsīd\

Definition of ALONGSIDE

1

: along the side : in parallel position

2

: at the side : close by <a guard with a prisoner alongside>

Examples of ALONGSIDE

1. We waited for the other boat to come alongside.

First Known Use of ALONGSIDE

1707

Rhymes with ALONGSIDE

Akenside, algicide, alkoxide, almond-eyed, Argus-eyed, bleary-eyed, bona fide, Christmastide, citified, citywide, classified, coincide, corporate-wide, countrified, countryside, countrywide, cut-and-dried, cyanide, deicide, demand-side, dignified, dioxide, double-wide, eagle-eyed, Eastertide, ecocide, eventide, far and wide, feticide, formamide, fratricide, freedom ride, fungicide, genocide, germicide, gimlet-eyed, glassy-eyed, goggle-eyed, googly-eyed, gospel side, great divide, harborside, herbicide, homicide, honeyguide, humified, matricide, Merseyside, misty-eyed, miticide, monoxide, mountainside, nationwide, Naugahyde, Oceanside, on the side, open-eyed, override, overstride, parricide, Passiontide, patricide, pesticide, planetwide, qualified, rarefied, raticide, regicide, riverside, Riverside, set-aside, side by side, silverside, sissified, slickenside, spermicide, starry-eyed, subdivide, suicide, supply-side, trisulfide, underside, verbicide, vermicide, viricide, waterside, Whitsuntide, wintertide

²alongside

preposition

Definition of ALONGSIDE

1

a : along the side of <the boat docked alongside the pier>

b : beside 1 <standing alongside me>

2

a : in company with <men she has been working alongside — Richard Halloran>

b : in addition to <a special category alongside the awards it annually presents — Horizon>

Examples of ALONGSIDE

1. The children work alongside their parents in the field.
2. Bring the boat alongside the dock.
3. one theory taught alongside the other
4. The town grew up alongside the college.

First Known Use of ALONGSIDE

1776