aside

¹aside

adverb \ə-ˈsīd\

Definition of ASIDE

1

: to or toward the side <stepped aside>

2

: away from others or into privacy <pulled him aside>

3

: out of the way especially for future use : away <putting aside savings>

4

: away from one's thought or consideration <jesting aside>

Examples of ASIDE

1. He stepped aside and let her pass.
2. He threw his coat aside.
3. She laid the book aside.
4. He elbowed people aside as he moved through the crowd.
5. He took her aside to speak to her privately.
6. Someone grabbed him and pulled him aside.

First Known Use of ASIDE

14th century

Rhymes with ASIDE

abide, allied, applied, astride, backside, backslide, bankside, beachside, bedside, beside, bestride, betide, blear-eyed, blindside, blow-dried, blue-eyed, broadside, bromide, bug-eyed, Burnside, clear-eyed, cockeyed, cold-eyed, collide, confide, courtside, cowhide, cross-eyed, curbside, dayside, decide, deride, divide, dockside, doe-eyed, downside, downslide, dry-eyed, ebb tide, elide, field guide, fireside, flip side, flood tide, fluoride, foreside, four-eyed, free ride, freeze-dried, Girl Guide, glass-eyed, graveside, green-eyed, hagride, hang glide, hard-eyed, hawkeyed, hayride, high tide, hillside, horsehide, inside, in stride, ironside, joyride, kingside, lakeside, landslide, low tide, lynx-eyed, misguide, moon-eyed, neap tide, nearside, nightside, noontide, offside, onside, outride, outside, pie-eyed, poolside, pop-eyed, preside, prompt side, provide, quayside, queenside, rawhide, red tide, reside, ringside, riptide, roadside, seaside, self-pride, sharp-eyed, shipside, shoreside, Shrovetide, sloe-eyed, snowslide, springtide, squint-eyed, stateside, statewide, storewide, Strathclyde, streamside, strong side, subside, tailslide, tongue-tied, topside, trackside, trailside, untried, upside, vat-dyed, walleyed, war bride, waveguide, wayside, wide-eyed, wild-eyed, worldwide, yuletide

²aside

preposition

Definition of ASIDE

obsolete

: beyond, past

First Known Use of ASIDE

1592

³aside

noun

Definition of ASIDE

1

: an utterance meant to be inaudible to someone; especially : an actor's speech heard by the audience but supposedly not by other characters

2

: a straying from the theme : digression

Examples of ASIDE

1. She made a joke about the food in a muttered aside to her husband.
2. The book includes several lengthy asides about the personal lives of scientists involved in the project.
3. In his speech he mentioned her contributions almost as an aside, despite the fact that she was the one who came up with the idea originally.

First Known Use of ASIDE

circa 1751

Related to ASIDE

Synonyms

tangent, digression, divagation, excursion

Related Words

excursus, parenthesis; rambling; circuitousness, circularity, circumlocution, diffuseness, prolixity, verbosity, windiness, wordiness