aside from

preposition

1

chiefly US : in addition to : besides

Aside from being well written, the book is also beautifully illustrated.

2

chiefly US : except for

Aside from us, there were only a half dozen people there.

Synonyms of aside from

• except
• beside
• besides
• but
• apart from
• except for

Examples of aside from in a Sentence

aside from the C in geometry, he made all A's this term

Recent Examples on the Web

Bis did not identify an incident, aside from the Baldwin Park case, in which an agent whose name was made public was confronted in person. —James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026

That is something Broadcom is incredibly experienced at, perhaps more than anyone else in the world aside from Nvidia. —Zev Fima, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026

Composed of new board members aside from Hales and Vice President Krista Marcheschi, the speakers listed more outreach and engagement with businesses as well as growing and diversifying funding as top priorities for the year. —Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026

Ellison gave his first interview about the WBD deal (aside from his call with Wall Street analysts earlier this week) to CNBC, where CNN’s future was the subject of intense interest from David Faber. —Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for aside from

• abomasum
• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• income
• outcome
• succumb
• therefrom
• wherefrom
• bum
• chum
• come

Kids Definition

aside from

preposition

: with the exception of : except for

aside from a few pieces of bread, the food is gone