alongside of

preposition

: alongside

… women have served, strived, sweat, and sacrificed alongside of men in the cause for freedom and liberty.

—vfw.org

Examples of alongside of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Video first obtained by ABC News shows Coast Guard agents equipped in tactical gear boarding the ship, guns drawn, while a separate Coast Guard boat goes alongside of it. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

As the embodiment of soulmates, often mentioned in pop culture alongside of Bonnie and Clyde or Burton and Taylor, Johnny and June had a connection from their first meeting. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2026

Of course, ‘Thriller’ is right alongside of that. — Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026

And what that means, of course, is the kind of the stress and the ambition for winning the cooking contest meets the relationships and the night lives that go alongside of that. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1737, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for alongside of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove